Population Health is Now Public Health
Oliver Wyman June 3, 2020
KEY TAKEAWAY
COVID-19’s continuing circulation in all communities is expected, with likely outbreaks at periodic intervals for several years. Infections will not end immediately following efforts to achieve “the new normal.” #OWHealth
Editor’s Note: The following article is part of an ongoing series offering our strategic advice and expertise on what healthcare industry stakeholders should do immediately in response to the rapidly evolving novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Providers and hospitals, whose contact tracing activities before COVID-19 historically focused quite narrowly on provider regulatory compliance, are now serving their greater communities and complementing other institutions’ health missions along the way. Now operating according to expanded health department guidance during COVID-19, the greater healthcare industry is monitoring the infected for worsening clinical conditions...