The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a medical crisis. Since the highly contagious disease hit American shores in early 2020, the virus has dramatically changed all sectors of society, negatively impacting everything from food supply chains and sporting events to the nation’s mental and behavioral health.
For some people, work-from-home plans and limited access to entertainment are manageable obstacles. For others, the shuttered schools, lost wages, and social isolation spell disaster –
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Independence Blue Cross, Signify Launches Social Determinants of Health Network in Philly
What You Should Know:
- Independence Blue Cross and Signify Health launches
social determinants of health network, CommunityLink to connect data from multiple
CBOs to integrate social directly into medical care in the Philadelphia area.
- CommunityLink represents one of the first examples
nationwide of combining in-home health with social care.
Independence Blue Cross
(Independence) and Signify Health
announce the launch of CommunityLink™, a social
determinants of health (SDoH)
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Centene Becomes First Payer to Join AVIA’s Medicaid Transformation Project
What You Should Know:
- AVIA announces that Centene Corporation has become the first payer to join the Medicaid Transformation Project (MTP), which aims to transform healthcare and related social needs for vulnerable populations through digitally-enabled care models and new technology solutions
- Led by AVIA and
former CMS chief Andy Slavitt. Collaboration among Centene, 30 health systems,
and provider-sponsored health plans in MTP will enable these stakeholders to
improve outcomes
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Embright Taps Innovaccer to Advance Population Health Initiatives
What You Should Know:
-Clinically integrated network (CIN) Embright selects Innovaccer to advance population health initiatives across its network.
- The clinically integrated network will leverage Innovaccer’s Data Activation Platform to track its overall performance and address patient healthcare needs.
Innovaccer, Inc., a healthcare technology company, today announced it has partnered with Embright, a Pacific Northwest-based clinically integrated network (CIN) founded by UW
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How Parkland Leverages Machine Learning, Geospatial Analytics to Reduce COVID-19 Exposure in Dallas
What You Should Know:
- How Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation developed a machine learning-driven predictive model called the COVID-19 Proximity Index for Parkland Hospital in Dallas.
- This program helps frontline workers to quickly identify which identify patients at the highest risk of exposure to COVID-19 by using geospatial analytics.
- In addition, the program helps triage patients while
improving the health and safety of hospital workers as well as the friends
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Equality Health Launches Social Determinants Program to Tackle Health Disparities
What You Should Know:
- Equality Health launches Social
and Cultural Risk Assessment (SCRA™) program to address social determinants of health
(SDoH)
- With Equality Health’s SCRA program, social determinants act as any other quality metric, with a far less
burdensome reporting process.
Equality Health, a whole-health delivery
system, has pioneered a comprehensive cultural care program that enables
providers to identify and
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Blue Shield of CA Launches Digital “Neighborhood Health Dashboard” for Public
What You Should Know:
- Blue Shield of California and mySidewalk unveil innovative
“Neighborhood Health Dashboard” to help improve community health across the state.
- The Neighborhood Health Dashboard uses data intelligence from dozens of sources to create a comprehensive picture of a community’s health including health outcomes, preventative health care, utilization and access, health behaviors, social risk factors, and environmental and economic health conditions.
Blue Shield of
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Elevate Health Taps Innovaccer to Automate Care Management Processes
What You Should Know:
- Innovaccer has recently partnered with Elevate Health
to strengthen care management in Washington. Innovaccer’s solution set will be
part of a broader population health stratification toolkit Elevate Health is
fashioning to achieve a comprehensive and data-agnostic ecosystem supporting
improved health outcomes.
- Elevate Health’s partnered care coordinators, in both
clinical and social services settings, will be able to use InCare, Innocaccer’s
automated care
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Dignity Health Management Services to Leverage Innovaccer’s FHIR-enabled Data Activation Platform
What You Should Know:
- Dignity Health Management Services (DHMSO), the largest
health system in the state of California to transform their network health data
into actionable insights.
- With this partnership, the organization will leverage
Innovaccer’s FHIR-enabled Data Activation Platform to better manage healthcare
services for its attributed patients.
Dignity Health Management Services
(DHMSO), a healthcare management company part of CommonSpirit Health, that helps
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Geisinger Launches New Social Care Platform for Pennsylvania Residents
What You Should Know:
- Geisinger inks a partnership Aunt Bertha to launch a
new social care platform, Neighborly for Pennsylvania residents.
- Powered by Aunt Bertha, Geisinger’s Neighborly platform provides residents in Pennsylvania the ability to easily search and connect with organizations that provide social services including food, housing, childcare, transportation, utility assistance, healthcare, financial assistance, and other needs.
Geisinger, one of
the nation’s
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