How Population Health and Care Quality Relate
Managed Health Care Connect October 2, 2019
David Nash, MD, MBA, kicked off the second annual Health Care Quality Congress (HQC) 2019 in Dallas, Texas with his session entitled, “Population Health and Quality: Two Peas in a Pod.”
Dr Nash discussed how managing population health can help improve health care quality. He said his session would highlight, “how did we get into this mess; what is population health; and where do we go from here?”
Dr Nash began his session by explaining the issues currently facing health care to the audience. According to Dr Nash, health care must reallocate, and the health care system faces tough decisions.
He then explained that the conceptual framework of population health is influenced by health outcomes, health determinants and...