Tincture May 29, 2018
Experts consider population health the next revolution in healthcare, but before data, analytics, and statistical patterns give up the secrets that will improve patient outcomes, the industry must create a framework of standards, guidelines, and measures that focus on individual impacts to health.
Any conversation about population health starts with definitions: what is health; what are suitable patient groups; what treatments do we measure; do we measure episodes or illness; what is the unit of measurement; what are the expectations. These initial steps will allow healthcare organisations and systems develop and personalise the revolutionary prevention, diagnosis, and treatment programs that will allow for improved patient care and help prevent further cost explosion.
A results-based population health model is a first...