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Glossary of Terms

Background Materials

Insight into the Population

• Million Dollar Murray (Gladwell.com): http://gladwell.com/million-dollar-murray/
• Faces of Medicaid Data Resources (CHCS): http://www.chcs.org/resource/faces-of-medicaid-data-resources/
• The Hot Spotters (The New Yorker): http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/01/24/the-hot-spotters
• Health Care Systems Try to Cut Costs by Aiding the Poor and Troubled (New York Times): http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/23/health/taming-health-costs-by-keeping-high-maintenance-patients-out-of-the-hospital.html?_r=0
• Trauma Informed Care Video (Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers): https://vimeo.com/83703534
• Trauma Informed Care: Opportunities for High-Need, High-Cost Medicaid Populations (CHCS): http://www.chcs.org/resource/trauma-informed-care-opportunities-high-need-high-cost-medicaid-populations/
• Outreach to High-Need, High-Cost Individuals: Best Practices for New York Health Homes (CHCS): http://www.chcs.org/resource/outreach-to-high-need-high-cost-individuals-best-practices-for-new-york-health-homes/
• Health Literacy Fact Sheets (CHCS): http://www.chcs.org/resource/health-literacy-fact-sheets/
• Understanding Medi-Cal’s High-Cost Populations (California Health Care Foundation): http://www.chcf.org/~/media/MEDIA%20LIBRARY%20Files/PDF/D/PDF%20DataSymposium03042015Watkins.pdf

Technology and the Underserved

• Digital Health Innovations for Medicaid Super-Utilizers: Consumer Feedback (CHCS): http://www.chcs.org/resource/digital-health-innovations-for-medicaid-super-utilizers-consumer-feedback-to-steer-new-technologies/
• Resources for Entrepreneurs Bringing Innovation to Underserved Communities (StartUp Health): https://www.startuphealth.com/content/makeanimpact
• Commercializing in Underserved Communities (StartUp Health interview): http://www.startuphealth.com/video/35499
• What I Learned from Building an App for Low-Income Americans (Fast Company): http://www.fastcolabs.com/3038792/what-i-learned-from-building-an-app-for-low-income-americans
• At 90, She’s Designing Tech for Aging Boomers (NPR, All Tech Considered): http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2015/01/19/377702882/at-90-shes-designing-tech-for-aging-boomers?utm_content=bufferb64a6
• Tackling the Daily Challenges of Being Poor, Now There Are Some Apps for That (Fast Company): http://www.fastcoexist.com/3034648/tackling-the-daily-challenges-of-being-poor-now-there-are-some-apps-for-that
• Pew studies on phone ownership rates: http://www.pewinternet.org/files/old-media//Files/Reports/2012/Smartphone%20ownership%202012.pdf, http://pewinternet.org/~/media/Files/Reports/2011/PIP_Smartphones.pdf
• eHealth and Underserved Populations (ZeroDivide): http://www.zerodivide.org/sites/default/files/ZeroDivide_eHealthUnderservedPopulations_FINAL.pdf
• Digital Health Equity: Humanizing eHealth (ZeroDivide): http://www.zerodivide.org/sites/default/files/KPreport_revised011215_OPT.pdf
• Mobile Tech and the Potential for Social Impact (Significance Labs): http://labs.robinhood.org/Mobile_Design_For_Social_Impact_Report.pdf?d380e2
• 3 Lessons for Building Tech for Low-Income Americans (Forbes): http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciarabyrne/2014/07/28/3-lessons-for-building-tech-for-low-income-americans/
• The Healing Power of Your Own Medical Records (New York Times): http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/technology/the-healing-power-of-your-own-medical-data.html?hpw&rref=health&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well
• Fighting Homelessness, One Smartphone at a Time: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/15/upshot/fighting-homelessness-one-smartphone-at-a-time.html
• Texting for Better Care Toolkit (Center for Care Innovations): http://www.careinnovations.org/knowledge-center/texting-for-better-care-toolkit/

Understanding Medicaid

• Medicaid Moving Forward (Kaiser Family Foundation): http://kff.org/medicaid/fact-sheet/the-medicaid-program-at-a-glance-update/
• 5 Key Questions About Medicaid and Its Role in State/Federal Budgets and Health Reform (Kaiser Family Foundation): https://kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/8139-02.pdf
• A 50 State Look at Medicaid Expansion (Families USA): http://familiesusa.org/product/50-state-look-medicaid-expansion