H&HN December 2, 2014
Bill Santamour

The Community Need Index provides vital data about local health issues right down to the ZIP code.
Let’s face it. With population health management emerging as the new priority for hospitals and health systems, you can never have enough data. You need data to understand who lives in your community — their ages, their socioeconomic statuses, their lifestyles. You need data to delineate the health issues most prominent in your community and where disparities exist. You need data to identify those folks who are “high users” of your emergency department and other services. You need data on social factors that contribute to community health. You need data about your partners across the care continuum. You need data on clinical and...

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