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32 Executive Briefing: Accountable Care Once the care plan is developed through patient and care naviga- tor collaboration, ACOs can make it visible to the patient through a patient portal or personal health record. Care managers can also receive alerts if a patient misses an appointment, for example, or did not record that he or she took medication. This enables the care manager to contact the patient and take action. The future By gathering and organizing data on individuals and attempting to coordinate care tailored to the patient, ACOs have the abil- ity to greatly impact patients' lives for the better. "They have the opportunity to go beyond what people traditionally think of in the healthcare continuum," Mr. Auer says. For example, a healthcare provider's CRM system in a warm state like Florida could keep tabs on patients without air condi- tioning. With that information, ACOs could establish a funding mechanism that could help those patients obtain air conditioning, or direct them where to go to stay cool when temperatures peak, thus keeping them safe and healthy by addressing their individual needs. In this way, the organizations are managing the health of the population through personalized care in a way likely not avail- able before. That is just one instance of how care coordination can help ACOs begin to truly personalize care, and innovative organizations can tailor care to the individual in even more ways in the future. But for now, "the good news is that's it's starting to happen," Mr. Auer says. "Every person in the world is a patient, and this is good news for us as patients in the U.S." n XSUNT BRINGS IT ALL TOGETHER! All hospital data integrated...customizable...viewable on dashboards via mobile app and/or ipad, according to your needs... eXact PHYSICIAN: Identify the most valuable physicians in your georgaphic area. HOSPITAL XECUTIVE: Integrate all hospital data to get real time reporting on your KPI's. PHYSICIAN COMPENSATION TOOL: Allow your physicians to receive real time reporting on compensation customized to their plan. Call XSUNT Corporaton and allow us to present our capabilities to your hospital 267-568-4374 Excellence in Innovation & Service www.xsunt.com What Organizations do Hospitals Partner With for Population Health? By Heather Punke H ospitals and health systems aiming to better manage and improve the health of their popu- lations are reaching out to a variety of community organizations to meet that goal, according to a recent report by the Association for Community Health Im- provement. On average, hospitals reported hav- ing nearly nine partnership types for population health improvement efforts. Community partners range from health- focused groups, like health departments, to schools to the local government. The following are 15 community orga- nization types that hospitals reported partnering with for population health ef- forts, based on survey results from 1,198 hospitals. Primary and secondary education (school districts): 78 percent Public health department (local): 77 percent Chamber of commerce or other business group: 71 percent Community health center: 70 percent American Heart/Lung/Diabetes Associations: 68 percent City or county government: 66 percent Community health coalitions: 61 percent Faith community organizations: 58 percent Postsecondary education (colleges, universities): 58 percent Service leagues (Lions, Rotary, etc.): 55 percent United Way: 52 percent Neighborhood organizations: 45 percent State public health department: 43 percent YMCA/YWCA: 38 percent Environmental organizations: 18 percent n Tribridge, an IT services and business consultancy and thought leaders in Health Care, offers a suite of solutions catering to acute and post-acute acute care providers, life sciences, and payors. Care Coordination, their enterprise personalization platform, enables proactive patient engagement and the coordination of care. Tribridge has the expertise to deliver innovative solutions designed to help hospitals, medical facilities, and clinics control costs, optimize your top line, make your back office operations more effective and efficient, and increase patient satisfaction.