The following is a roundup of population health stories that have been reported in the last month, beginning with the most recent.
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The term "accountable care organization" was coined in 2006 by Elliott Fisher, MD, the director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice in Hanover, N.H. Since then, the ACO model has grown leaps and bounds as there…
Among patients occupying acute-care beds, how many are not actually acute-care patients? A study of nearly 1,000 patients conducted at two teaching hospitals and published in the Journal of Healthcare Quality revealed 35 percent of patients occupying acute-care beds no…
Chapel Hill-based UNC Health Care is forming an operation and strategic partnership with Irvine, Calif.-based Alignment Healthcare that is focused on population health management, and the organizations will begin offering a Medicare Advantage HMO plan for seniors in Wake County,…
MemorialCare Health System, based in Fountain Valley, Calif., is considering relinquishing the emergency department and hospital licenses for its Saddleback Memorial in San Clemente, Calif., to convert the community hospital into full-service outpatient center, according to a report from the O.C.…
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This is a roundup of recent stories covering various aspects of the patient-centered medical home model of care, beginning with the most recent.
To help support the health and wellness of its senior population beyond the clinical setting, Englewood, Colo.-based Centura Health's Colorado Accountable Care is leveraging the CaféWell Health Optimization Platform, developed by Welltok.
The following is a roundup of recently announced accountable care organizations or collaborative care agreements, beginning with the most recent.
Emergency department use is at a historic high. Nearly one-half of all nonelective admissions go through the ED, according to one source. The following are factors driving ED use, according to a brief from CMS and the Children's Health…
Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke's University Health Network and Capital BlueCross have entered into an accountable care agreement, with an aim at improving patient health outcomes and patient satisfaction while reducing healthcare costs.