Population Health Management Weekly Wrap Up 1/17/16

Munson Healthcare promotes Kimberly Speese to executive director of population health management.

Shareholders approve Toronto-based NexJ’s previously announced plan to spin off its healthcare business, which consists primarily of its cloud-based population health management platform. The plan includes spinning off the business to new corporation NexJ Health Holdings.

Apollo Medical Holdings subsidiary Apollo Care Connect acquires population health management technology company Healarium for an undisclosed sum. In other company news, Mark Fawcett has joined ApolloMed’s Board of Directors.

Health plan MDwise will extend its use of ZeOmega’s Jiva population health management solution to monitor medication adherence and safety.

Indiana-based Michiana Health Information Network (MHIN) partners with case management technology developer ClientTrack to integrate public health data with its HIE’s clinical data to improve outcomes and reduce costs. “Combining data from health and human services with clinical data will allow our providers and partners to effectively address the social determinants of health in their care and evaluation process and positively impact the overall care for an individual and support they receive,” says Waldo Mikels-Carrasco, MHIN’s director of community and population health development.

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Sponsor Updates

• Leidos Health will exhibit at the Meditech Executive Institute January 17-19 in San Diego.
• Nordic representatives will attend the HIMSS Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter event January 22 in Arlington, TX.

Blog Posts

• When a Patient is Transferred with Incomplete Records (Medicity)
• 2016 Trends: What’s Ahead in Healthcare IT? (PerfectServe)

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Contacts

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