Population Health Management Weekly Wrap Up 2/14/16

Robert Bailey (Allscripts) re-joins Orion Health as national sales director for Australia. He previously served as Orion Health’s sales director.

Keith Fernandez, MD (Memorial Hermann ACO) joins Privia Health as senior physician executive.

Dekalb Medical Physicians Group (GA), a part of the Dekalb Medical healthcare system, selects population health analytics from SPH Analytics for its 85 primary care physicians across 25 locations.

Nashville, TN-based Applied Health Analytics team expands its leadership team and announces the launch of four service lines – consulting, technology, interim management, and strategic leadership. The company was founded in 2009 as a joint venture partner with Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Dayani Center for Health and Wellness.

FamilyCare Health, a community care organization that manages the benefits of Medicare and Medicaid enrollees for the state of Oregon, implements Wellcentive’s population health analytics, quality reporting, and care management solutions and services.

Hearst Health and the Jefferson College of Population Health announce the three finalists of the inaugural Hearst Health Prize, a $100,000 award given in recognition of achievement in managing or improving health: Centering Healthcare Institute and its CenteringPregnancy program; Community Care of North Carolina and its transitional care management model; and Jersey Medical Center and its Wealth for Health Program. The final award will be given out at the Population Health Colloquium on March 8 in Philadelphia.

Mount Carmel Hospice and Palliative Care (OH) selects Turn-Key Health’s acute illness management and palliative care mobile platform to identify and risk-stratify affiliated Medicare Advantage plan members who are most likely to receive costly and unnecessary treatment.

#HealthPolicyValentines make a comeback.

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Sponsor Updates

• Rep. Bob Dold (R-IL) visits Intelligent Medical Objects to learn about IMO Terminology.
• EClinicalWorks releases a new podcast, “What’s Ahead for 2016.”

Blog Posts

• Embracing New Media and Online Resources to Enhance Patient Engagement (Healthwise
• 3 key learnings from implementing a care team collaboration platform (PerfectServe)

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