Why health systems are turning to VBC consultants

April 7, 2025acoNo CommentsApple, community health, creativity, digital health, health care, health disparities, health inequity, healthcare, healthcare innovation, Jefferson Health, SPAC, Steve Jobs, Steve Klasko, structural health disparities

  As interest in value-based care (VBC) grows, more health systems are turning to consultants to help them transition from a traditional fee-for-service model to VBC.  More health systems invest in VBC Over the last few years, interest in VBC has accelerated and is expected to continue to grow. According to a 2022 report from McKinsey…

Risks And Benefits To Community Health Worker Certification

July 7, 2022acocommunity health

Community health workers (CHWs) have been garnering greater visibility in recent years as the field has placed heightened attention toward the role of social determinants of health in reducing health disparities and achieving health equity. CHWs aim to be a closer link into the community than traditional health care providers might be able to reach….

Considerations for Recruiting, Hiring Community Health Workers

January 31, 2022acocommunity health

As team-based care becomes more common in medical practice, healthcare organizations are considering how they invest in non-clinician personnel, like recruiting and hiring community health workers. A community health worker is “a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member of and/or has an unusually close understanding of the community served,” according to the…

RECORDED WEBINAR: 10 Tactics ACOs Should Avoid, and 10 Strategies for High Performance

December 7, 2021Garrett SchmittNo Commentscommunity health, community resources, Data, data strategies, health data, healthcare data, Population Health

This presentation will analyze tactics that impact shared savings potential, while highlighting lessons learned and best practices from participating ACOs. CyncHealth, Nebraska’s Health Information Exchange program, will share innovative ways patient health data is collected and shared that enables ACOs to achieve high performance. Speakers: – Ann Polich, MD, CMO of CyncHealth – Sanjay Seth,…

RECORDED WEBINAR: 4 Data-Driven Strategies to Achieve Population Health 4.0

November 16, 2021Garrett SchmittNo Commentscommunity health, community resources, Data, data strategies, health data, healthcare data, Population Health

Download Slides Population Health 4.0 is the inclusion of community resources to deliver equitable, high-quality and high-value patient care. This presentation will outline 4 key strategies that incorporate data and community alliances to address the socio-economic needs of patients as they navigate their healthcare plan. Speaker: – Sita Kapoor – Chief Information Officer, Co-Founder HealthEC…

Steve Klasko on diverging from the ‘natural order of things’ to move health care forward

November 2, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsApple, community health, creativity, digital health, health care, health disparities, health inequity, healthcare, healthcare innovation, Jefferson Health, SPAC, Steve Jobs, Steve Klasko, structural health disparities

Welcome to the “Lessons from the C-suite” series, featuring Advisory Board President Eric Larsen’s conversations with the most influential leaders in health care. In this edition, Dr. Steve Klasko, CEO of Jefferson Health, talks with Eric about revelations in a Barnes & Noble, navigating “principled” growth, and how he approaches health care through an “old…

Analysis: How COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Vary Across Different Communities

October 20, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsBiden administration, BioNTech, CMS, community health, Coronavirus, COVID, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccine, EUA, FDA, Janssen, Johnson & Johnson, Medicare, Moderna, Pfizer, Pfizer-BioNTech

The year of 2020 was dominated by the news of how COVID-19 spread around the world, and how life has been changed by the disruption of this pandemic. We have witnessed the journeys of battling the disease, dedication and sacrifices by the front-line heroes, and the emotional roller coaster of wondering when this pandemic would…

Improving The Health Of Rural Americans

October 13, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsAccountable Health Communities, CHART, CMS, community health, Community Health Access and Rural Transformation, patient access, patient communication, RCHIS, Rural, rural America, Rural Community Health Improvement Systems, SDOH

People living in rural America have lower incomes, less education, and are in poorer health than those living in other areas of the United States. For more than a century, these measures have been “sticky” with little change despite many efforts to do so. It is also well-known that most rural areas have a shortage of primary care and specialist physicians and lack of…

FLASH INTERVIEW — HealthEC — October 2021

October 5, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACO, ACOs, advisory services, CareConnect, clinically-proven, community health, community-based resources, Dr. Sanjay Seth, HealthEC, KLAS, Population Health, Population Health Management, value-based care, value-based healthcare, vbc

 HealthEC offers a KLAS-recognized, end-to-end population health management platform designed to help ACOs succeed with value-based care. Our HealthEC CareConnect® generates personalized, clinically-proven plans that enable teams, including community-based resources, to deliver patient-centric care. Advisory services are also available to guide our ACO partners in defining their strategic goals as they transition from volume…

4 Areas Where Nurses Can Make An Impact In Social Determinants Of Health

July 19, 2021Garrett SchmittNo Commentsadvocacy, community health, nurses, policy change, SDOH

Nurses play a vital role in uncovering and addressing patients’ social determinants of health (SDOH), Julia Resnick, the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) senior program manager of strategic initiatives, told nurse leaders during AONL 2021, the annual conference of the American Organization of Nursing Leadership. “Health is more than just healthcare and there is a growing…

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