Population health teams from other organizations, such as the Public Health Institute (PHI), have similarly adapted operations to meet public health needs exacerbated by the pandemic. 11 PHI ...

Population health is more about seeing the big picture and considering the whole population rather just the individual—hence the name population, because that’s how words work.

Use of the term “population health” has surged in recent years. Much of this enthusiasm has been driven by the idea that health reform would restructure incentives and unite the priorities of ...

Of the 534 state referenda and constitutional amendment ballot initiatives that passed nationwide between 2014 and 2023, 339 (63.5 percent) were related to population health in the categories of ...

Population health represents a real opportunity for providers to improve not only the health and well-being of those they serve, but also their own financial health.

A population health approach examines how medical care, genetics, individual behavior, public health interventions and social indicators such as education and employment all play a role in ...

“Still, population health management isn’t something that can be done solely during patient visits or in the examining room,” said Cutitta. “You also have to think about technologies that can function ...

But success for health systems will require a recognition on their part that a gap exists between population health and current care management. And in the efforts taken to narrow that divide.

Even health systems that tout sophisticated population health strategies admit they’re still light on risk in their contracts with commercial insurers, which limits the scope of their results.

Yaccarino will be CEO of a unit at the company, which focuses on patients taking weight-management and diabetes medications.