July 2014 | Improving Diabetes Care

(8.3 percent of the population) have Type II diabetes. To combat this public health threat, AF4Q ... million people (8.3 percent of the population) have Type II diabetes. To combat this public health threat, ... indicators of health should be monitored on a regular basis. The goal of diabetes management is to keep ...

Jul 09,2014

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Aug 01,2011

Population-Based Measures: Exactly What Are They, What’s Available, and How Might They Be Used by CVEs?

FYI: There is a shift in the concept of population health measurement from the ... population health measures that includes both health status and health care metrics. They are being used not ... achieving  the Triple Aim of improving the health of the population, improve the individual experience ...

Population-Based Approaches to Care Management

health outcomes, particularly for high-risk populations who are the highest utilizers of health services. ... can improve health outcomes, particularly for high-risk populations who are the highest utilizers of ... The CDC reports that 75 percent of our health care dollars are spent on preventable disease, ...

Partnering with Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) to Improve Care for Medicare, Medicaid and Commercially Insured Populations

Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) play a significant role in health care quality improvement and consumer engagement in our communities that often extends beyond the Medicare population ... and opportunities for new collaboration under health reform. Quality Improvement Organizations ...

Center for Health Care Strategies

The Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) is a nonprofit health policy resource center dedicated to improving the health of low-income Americans.  CHCS works with state and federal agencies, health plans, providers, and consumer groups to advance models of organizing, financing, and delivering ...

May 14,2015

This paper shares the lessons learned of nine health care organizations that implemented innovative programming to address disparities in their patient populations. It includes concrete recommendations that other health care organizations can use to improve the quality of their health care delivery systems and ...

Apr 29,2015

(Population Health) ...

May 06,2013

contextual information about five health topics (asthma, breast cancer, cervical cancer, diabetes, and heart ... information includes estimates of: condition prevalence, risk factors, costs, condition-attributable health care utilization, and the distribution of the condition across the population ...

Aug 01,2011

Improving Equity of Care

equity in health care. Improving Health Care for Everyone Although the quality of health care is poor for ... proficiency, continue to experience lower-quality health care. AF4Q communities work each day to address these ...

Mar 27,2014