Population health management encompasses a range of activities aimed at improving outcomes and reducing costs for different groups of patients. To better understand how organizations are approaching population health management, eHealth Initiative surveyed healthcare providers in summer of 2015. The survey questions addressed how health information technology supports patient engagement, analytics, and care management.

Population health management encompasses a range of activities aimed at improving outcomes and reducing costs for different groups of patients. To better understand how organizations are approaching population health management, eHealth Initiative surveyed provider organizations in 2016. The survey questions addressed how health information technology supports patient engagement, analytics, and care management. 

Organizations are becoming increasingly dependent on health information and technology to effectively coordinate care, improve health, and manage risk at a population level in today’s value-based care environment. This white paper identifies some of the key strategies, practices, challenges, and opportunities to effectively managing and coordinating care across disparate settings and systems. The paper draws from an executive roundtable that convened 20 experts in January, 2014.

Today’s healthcare system is undergoing radical shifts in care delivery and payment models, transforming the very nature of the care continuum. The imperative to decrease cost, improve quality, and measure and report on outcomes is prompting stakeholders to focus on value-based care through coordinated, patient-centric, and data-driven care delivery. Providers recognize that complex interactions between the varying physical, mental, and behavioral needs of a patient contribute to overall health—and are increasingly seeking to incorporate community and social service entities into the care continuum. Advanced case management technology can help social service organizations collect, integrate, and manage data to deliver high-quality, value-based care to underserved populations while also improving operational efficiency and report for compliance and outcomes. This paper describes the experience of two such organizations, Region 6 Behavioral Healthcare and the AIDS Foundation of Chicago as they implement health information technology to serve their patient populations.

Dr. Hon Pak, MD, FAAD, Chief Medical Officer at 3M. Keynote at eHI 2017 Annual Member and Executive Networking Meeting

A number of states, regions and communities across the U.S. are mobilizing healthcare information across organizations to improve health and healthcare through multi-stakeholder collaborative efforts. These initiatives involve a broad range of participants, including hospitals and other healthcare providers, physician practices, health plans, employers and other healthcare purchasers, laboratories, pharmacies, public health agencies, state and local governmental agencies, and most importantly, patients. In May 2005, the eHealth Initiative Foundation (eHI) launched its Second Annual Survey of State, Regional and Community-based Health Information Exchange Initiatives and Organizations. Responses from 109 health information exchange (HIE) efforts are included in our analysis of survey results. The survey includes questions about goals, objectives and functionality; organizational and governance models; financing and sustainability; policies for information-sharing; legal issues; and technical strategies. Self-reported information from the 109 initiatives across 45 states and the District of Columbia is a significant representation of the collective voice of the health information exchange community. This report documents the emerging trends, issues and challenges facing this community across the U.S.