Leadership Symposium: Pioneering​ approaches​ to​ population​ health

Many healthcare organizations have improved health outcomes while forging community partnerships that focus on prevention and accountability. But how will these endeavors shape up in the future? For this discussion, moderator Niyum Gandhi, executive vice president and chief population officer at Mount Sinai Health System in New York City talked with Dr. Marc Harrison, CEO of Intermountain Healthcare; Dr. Bechara Choucair, Kaiser Permanente’s chief community health officer; and Michael Ugwueke, CEO of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. Gandhi started by asking the panelists what was most important in their ability to serve their communities.

Harrison:​ We based a lot of our activity around our Community Health Needs Assessment, which I...