Population Health Analytics
How can understanding common comorbidities improve your population health strategy and ultimately, patient outcomes?
A comorbidity can be defined as the presence of two or more diseases or medical conditions in a patient. Hypertension, high cholesterol, obesity and chronic […]
Addressing multimorbidity is critical to an effective population health strategy
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Population Health Management & Improvement |
Risk Stratification & Population Segmentation
In the population health analytics world, we know that patients with multiple health conditions (or “multimorbidity”) have unique health needs that present numerous challenges to […]
4 Things Users Should Know About Predictive Modeling
Predictive modeling is an essential element of population health analytics. When using the Johns Hopkins ACG System or building your own predictive models, there are […]
How one ACG System user identified ED-related cost savings opportunities
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Emergency Department Classification |
Population Health Management & Improvement
Using the most appropriate setting of care is one of the best ways to reduce health care costs. One way the ACG System supports this […]
Using Control Charts to Measure Performance
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Emergency Department Classification |
Population Health Management & Improvement
The ACG System’s unique tools and granular visit-level data can help an organization use control charts to monitor Emergency Department visits, so they know if a specific intervention is achieving the desired goal. Learn more about control charts and how to use them.
Casemix Adjustment: How one city in England used the ACG System to address misplaced initiatives, wasted time and miscommunications between providers and payers
The ChallengeThe city of Leicester, England has been using the Johns Hopkins ACG® System since 2012 to help them to understand the health of their […]
Help improve care for overlooked patient group
When talking about population health, discussion often centers on the groups of patients with the highest health care utilization levels, for obvious reasons: those using […]
Global adaptability on display in the UK
One of the major hallmarks of the ACG System is the fact that many components can be adapted and customized by its users. One element […]
How one organization sought to improve patient access to PCPs, health outcomes and costs, all by reducing unnecessary emergency department visits
Long-time ACG System user Discovery Health, who provides administration and managed care services to over 3 million beneficiaries throughout South Africa, found themselves facing a […]
A plan of action to reduce avoidable ED visits
In our latest blog series, we’ll be taking a look at how the ACG System’s suite of tools can be used to understand emergency department […]
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