NEJM January 6, 2020
Mandy Cohen discusses the need for integration between public and private sector health entities in order to achieve common goals and shared financial responsibility to “buy health” for whole-person care of populations.
North Carolina’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, recognizes distinctions between public health efforts by public-sector governmental entities and the population health endeavors of private-sector care delivery organizations, and describes her efforts to facilitate a shared vision to buy health for the people by aligning all resources, from all sectors, around health.