Population health is the new public health
Chief Healthcare Executive September 18, 2022
America can move toward a transformed health system responsible for our wellness and a new paradigm of population health, led by medical professionals.
COVID-19 has crashed the U.S. healthcare system and blasted a searing light on the social determinants of health.
In doing so, the virus — and more importantly, its consequences — exposed a truth that my colleagues and I have been preaching for over a decade: the public health paradigm is outdated and insufficient. Its major tenets — including public health, epidemiology, behavioral science, and the environment — are important but reactive.
We must also consider the quality and safety of the care we deliver, the cost of that care and an array of shifting public policy considerations.
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