@RackermaRon
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Joined December 2014
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Thanks to Aaron Carroll and NYT for running the unsung role of our research in national diabetes prevention policy. mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/3…

The Quiet Research That Led to a Resounding Success in Diabetes Prevention (Published 2016)

Everyone wants a “major breakthrough,” but small-scale research efforts often make the biggest difference in the health of Americans.

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Ashish K. Jha
@ashishkjha18 May 2015
As true in healthcare as in any other industry. xitter.cf/levie/status/599045909…
Aaron Levie
@levie15 May 2015
Adding software to a broken process doesn't make you digital. The biggest challenge is reimagining the process, not writing the software.
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Peter Ubel@peterubel12 Feb 2015
ICYMI: NHS pic helps people understand how likely they will die from scary things vs. less scary but deadlier hazards
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Replying to @KennethThorpe
@KennethThorpe "90 percent of the growth in Medicare spending is linked to the prevalence of chronic disease" #cbjhealth
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2014 saw a decline in the #uninsured rate; a slowdown in #healthspending; a focus on drug prices; & more. buff.ly/1vEatyh
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Replying to @commonwealthfnd
Thanks @commonwealthfnd for "How we can improve on alternative payment models? buff.ly/1vam4En” We need more research on VBIDs
Replying to @commonwealthfnd
“@commonwealthfnd: Nice piece on the power of community to drive improvement in healthcare: buff.ly/13XfYBz #CommunityHealth ”
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Another good resource from CHCS. We should all care how public dollars can encourage healthier behaviors - bit.ly/1E8EKcL”
Pay primary care doctors! - How To Succeed At Payment Reform healthaffairs.org/blog/2014/…
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What 10 features do highest-value #primarycare practices share? See what our research w/@PetersonCHealth shows: bit.ly/1I9f984
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RWJF
@RWJF18 Dec 2014
3/ #Berkeley passes the nation’s first #sodatax rwjf.ws/1GUjoRC #CultureofHealth
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Ashish K. Jha
@ashishkjha17 Dec 2014
Is America doing some of the most innovative stuff in primary care? Yup, says @commonwealthfnd Fellow @west_jake nuffieldtrust.org.uk/blog/am…
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NEJM
@NEJM5 Dec 2014
Key strategy for improving population hlth: reporting and acting on clinical performance measures at community level. nej.md/1rXO8uc

Clinic–Community Linkages for High-Value Care | NEJM

A key strategy for improving population health is linking delivery systems, communities, and patients in an integrated effort, in part by reporting and acting on clinical performance measures at th...

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Replying to @RWJF
Love the concept! “@RWJF: Community collaborations to improve #health #BUILDHealth grant: rwjf.ws/1HV1lhz”
Control blood sugar right now. Having #diabetes or #prediabetes in midlife leads to #cognitivedecline later in life bit.ly/1vLXJIb.
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