HealthLeaders Media November 1, 2017
High costs and inconsistent quality have plagued healthcare for too long. Three trends – systemic, economic and transformative – are influencing the industry’s move toward more proactive community based, coordinated population health management.
Healthcare is an ever-changing industry, and a new reality is emerging. It requires providers to become more proactive to achieve better clinical and financial outcomes and to become more efficient in driving down costs. Organizations will need a strategic approach and an operational focus for population health management to address three trends shaping our collective future:
- Systemic – More chronic conditions and complex careA recent RAND study estimates that three out of five Americans have a chronic condition; two out of five Americans have multiple chronic...