Modern Healthcare – August 19, 2019

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Dr. Rhonda Medows

CEO | Ayin Health Solutions
President of population health management
Providence St. Joseph Health

Medows leads efforts to address not
just population health, but the impact of
social determinants on care. Her team has
instituted innovations that have reduced
avoidable emergency department visits,
especially for the Medicaid population.
They’ve also reduced length of stay and
directed patients to lower-cost care sites.
Along with driving an ambitious population
health strategy at Providence St. Joseph,
Medows leads Ayin Health Solutions, a
subsidiary that works with payers, providers,
employers and government to reduce costs.

Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom

Senior vice president of community health

and equity and chief wellness and diversity

offi cer

Henry Ford Health System

The infant death rate for African-American

babies in Detroit is twice as high as the rate

for white babies. To address this problem,

Wisdom founded a program using midwives,

social workers and others to connect with

African-American mothers. The program

resulted in a drop in preventable infant

deaths. Only 7% of babies were born with

low birth weights, compared with 14%

across Detroit; 94% of mothers initiated

breastfeeding. Mothers also experienced

dramatic rises in the use of social services.

Wayne Young

CEO

Harris Center for Mental Health

To improve access to mental health

services for people in the criminal justice

system, Young created a pre-charge

jail diversion center. Instead of shuffl ing

people with mental health conditions

accused of a low-level misdemeanor

in and out of jail, they are taken to

a diversion center for assessment,

treatment and social services. During

its fi rst nine months, the center diverted

1,300 people away from jail to healthcare;

67% of those diverted had no new jail

bookings; 25% received outpatient and/or

residential services after release.

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