Managed Healthcare Executive October 5, 2018
During a session at Health Care Quality Congress 2018, David Nash, MD, MBA, dean of Jefferson College of Population Health at Thomas Jefferson University, discussed how managing population health can help improve health care quality.
Dr Nash began his session by explaining the issues currently facing health care to the audience.
“For the greatest nation on earth, that spends nearly $3 trillion on health care, 20% of the GDP, $10,000 per person—including children—on an annual basis … with all that wealth and all that treasure, what do we get,” Dr Nash asked, referencing a recent study.
“Well we are number 17 in world with the regard to the health of our population,” he said. “No other business, that I’m aware...