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AMA announces updated tool to locate underserved patient care areas

Latest version of geospatial mapping tool could be used to assist reporters or researchers hoping to understand trends and gaps in patient access to care

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Moving the U.S. health care system to a value-based approach

David Nash, MD, founding dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health in Philadelphia, looks at why health care needs to shift to a value-based approach.

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Targeting populations to overcome barriers in diabetes prevention

This ACO’s integrated, community-based approach to helping their patients with diabetes and prediabetes has reaped rewards and can serve as a model.

Diabetes
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Practice lands tool to measure, manage gaps in care

Population reports help this practice identify gaps in care and put action items in physicians’ hands in the exam room.

Population Care
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Improve health equity by collecting patient demographic data

Most physician practices do not collect patient demographic information, or they do so in unreliable ways. The data can help drive approaches to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities.

Population Care
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Few physicians are fluent in data. New program aims to fix that.

A fellowship program at the Regenstrief Institute aims to develop physicians and other health professionals who can translate big data into better care.

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AI, teamed with physicians’ intelligence, could improve care

Finding the right blend of physician and machine intelligence will take time. There should be no rush to use AI technologies until they’re proven.

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Mass General brings population health outreach to primary care

Population health coordinators help patients with diabetes, cardiovascular disease and hypertension improve outcomes.

Population Care
Harvey Fineberg, MD, president of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
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Patient-first technology: Improving care for the chronically ill

Patients with a chronic illness often have unmet medical needs. Attendees at a health care technology conference heard an appeal for medical innovation that puts patients first and improves their quality of life.

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