Population and Public Health

The names and Twitter handles of this year's social media favorites as voted on by the people. 

The hospital said participating in MissionPoint ACO enables groups of doctors to share the financial benefits of improving care.

Hospitals can use the interactive map, based on CMS Five-Star Quality Rating System data, to compare skilled nursing and home health facilities in specific regions to smooth care transitions. 

Officials say the deal will help providers moving to value-based pop health models.

Advanced Plan for Health’s analytics technology will receive consumer health data from iHealth Labs mobile devices with the aim of enabling employers to reduce employee health costs and improve health outcomes.

The American Heart Association is partnering with Amazon Web Services, in an effort to further cardiovascular medicine with AWS cloud technology.

In a boost for population health, the move would keep focus on prevention, wellness and chronic disease management.

The partnership enables Dell Services to equip customers with Enli’s software for care coordination and delivery as well as risk stratification, the companies said.  

Early stage investments have already climbed close to $4 billion this year, according to a report published by StartUp Health, which is fostering an ecosystem of emerging companies in the healthcare sector. 

The National Institutes of Health awarded $71.6 million over five years to Vanderbilt for establishing and operating the Data and Research Support Center.