Population Health
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The Netherlands is dealing with the same issues as the U.S. and Europe, in that people are getting older and healthcare organizations are working with less staff and fewer resources, says Abigail Norville, deputy secretary general of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport in the Netherlands.
Evernorth estimated the program will save individual patients around $3,500 on average per year.
The CarelonRx offering aims to make it easier for employers to plan for future specialty pharmacy costs.
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2024 Changemaker Award winner Gabriel Garcia-Lopez, health information systems director for the Los Angeles LGBT Center, wanted to expand the dialogue on inclusion and change the way sexual orientation data is collected.
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Post acute care is here to stay as COVID-19 brought to light the need for these services and the right technology to drive better outcomes, says Heidi Wold, chief population health officer at Longevity Health Plan.
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The Center for Indigenous Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has a global focus, explains codirector Dr. Donald Warne.
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The biggest barrier is having the curiosity and confidence in each other to try things that might not work, says Dr. Emily C. Webber, CMIO at Indiana University Health and 2024 Changemaker Award winner.
The organizations said the collaboration will strengthen care coordination for patients.
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Founder and president of Medonations Marina El Khawand realized her calling after a 2020 explosion in Beirut, when she helped a woman affected by a blast who badly needed her asthma medication.
This includes large print, braille, audio recordings and the newest piece, providing documents in the dominant language, says Ernie Crawford, president and CEO of Crawford Technologies.