HIT Consultant December 11, 2024
Holly Urban, MD, MBA, VP of Business Development and Strategy for Clinical Effectiveness at Wolters Kluwer Health

Healthcare in the United States consists of a tangled web of complex interconnected drivers, including payment models, regulations, processes, and facilities. However, the lack of a cohesive system design has resulted in less than optimal care industry for the US population and highlighted the need for a more comprehensive approach.

Year over year, data from the Commonwealth Fund demonstrates that despite high costs for healthcare, the patients in United States experience worse outcomes with lower life expectancy and higher rates of preventable and treatable deaths than other developed nations.

The impact of healthcare’s non-linear structure frequently results in unintended consequences when linear changes are applied, and as such, traditional quality or process improvement initiatives often fail to lead to...

Today's Sponsors

LEK
ZeOmega

Today's Sponsor

LEK

 
Topics: Healthcare System, Population Health Mgmt
Growing Demand for Population Health Tools in Asia-Pacific Highlighted in the 2025 Black Book of Global Healthcare IT
Alzheimer Disease Treatment Can Improve Population Health and Health Equity
Designing and Evaluating Interventions that have a Measurable Impact on Population Health through Evidence-Based Practices and Research
Population Health Outcomes: The Impact of Social Determinants of Health and the Initiatives Being Implemented
Engaging Specialty Practices and Promoting Population Health

Share This Article