The Influence of Impactability on Patients, Providers and Population Health Results: Part 1

November 29, 2017 Anita Cattrell

In this two-part series in Becker's Hospital Review, Evolent Health's SVP of Research and Development Anita Cattrell, PhD, and Director of Health Outcomes Research Olivia C. Tran, MPH, examine impactability, broken down into its three pillars, through the case of a 66-year old woman named Jane with diabetes and coronary artery disease and through a Midwest Accountable Care Organization. The story reflects the positive patient and provider outcomes that can be achieved by using a best practice model.

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Anita Cattrell

As Evolent Health’s Chief Innovation Officer, Anita is responsible for fostering and promoting innovation throughout the organization and defining how we scale proven innovations across our partners.  Anita holds a PhD in Clinical Epidemiology from Harvard University and has spent that last 15 years building risk models and evaluating the impact of clinical programs for the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, the Centers for Disease Control, and USAID.  Prior to joining Evolent, Anita served as a Senior Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton building the firm’s Evaluation Practice and prior to that was the Director of Monitoring and Evaluation for Partners in Health, Rwanda. Anita received a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University and a MS in Biomedical Engineering from Harvard University.

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