MedPage Today December 11, 2017
A free resource from HHS is proven effective but underused.
Although states and local health departments are accountable for public health initiatives, they generally track health rather than providing care.
Health care providers are responsible for delivering direct care to individual patients, but rarely on a population health basis that takes into account the social determinants of health in the community.
Population health (activity limitation, disability, respondent-assessed health) is one of the foundation principles of Healthy People 2020; yet, given the fragmentation of responsibility in our health system, three questions still need answering:
- Who is responsible for improving population health?
- How can we be certain that the health of a population is improving?
- What are good measures of...
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