Providers Share How to Replace Volume with Value at HIMSS Population Health Summit

CHICAGO, Sept. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Population health brings new momentum to using health information technology to improve health and healthcare through a new emphasis on treating and managing the health of a targeted population of patients with a focus on wellness and chronic care management, which will drive value to both the patient and the healthcare industry.  This proactive approach to managing the health of specific patient groups comes to the forefront at the HIMSS Population Health Summit, which occurs simultaneously with the mHealth Summit and the CyberSecurity Summit.  These three Summits make up the HIMSS Connected Health Conference, scheduled for Nov. 8-11 at the Gaylord National Resort in the Washington, DC area.

"We know that 20 percent of any population of patients accounts for 80 percent of the healthcare costs," said H. Stephen Lieber, CAE, HIMSS President/CEO. Lieber cites statistics from a June 2015 Town Hall presentation by the HIMSS Clinical & Business Intelligence Committee's Task Force on population health. "With population health management, the two main goals are to improve the health status of high-risk patients, and prevent any migration of healthy individuals to the chronically ill segment.  The Population Health Summit will address these challenges and other components of population health with information on how to use available data to improve care and manage costs, steps that can help reverse the trend and the population of those who are chronically ill."

The Population Health Summit program offers 12 sessions during 2-1/2 days with speakers from large academic medical centers to community health centers sharing their expertise on improving patient care and managing costs with population health management.

Healthcare providers and others in the continuum of patient care highlight the speaker lineup for the event. Speakers at the event include the following recognized healthcare leaders.  

On the exhibition floor, the Population Health Pavilion includes organizations demonstrating their different processes, applications, tools, technologies and systems designed to streamline patient care and improve patient outcomes.

Exhibit Floor Hours

Registration: Attendees can register for the Population Health Summit and gain access to the other two summits - mHealth Summit, Global mHealth Forum and CyberSecurity Summit, which are all part of the HIMSS Connected Health Conference.

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HIMSS is a global, cause-based, not-for-profit organization focused on better health through information technology (IT). HIMSS leads efforts to optimize health engagements and care outcomes using information technology. HIMSS produces health IT thought leadership, education, events, market research and media services around the world. Founded in 1961, HIMSS encompasses more than 61,000 individuals, of which 79% work in healthcare provider, governmental and not-for-profit organizations across the globe, plus over 640 corporations and 400 not-for-profit partner organizations, that share this cause. HIMSS, headquartered in Chicago, serves the global health IT community with additional offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

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