Modern Healthcare May 16, 2015
Successful population health management will require a lot more from the nation’s healthcare leaders than merely revamping their systems’ delivery models—as difficult as that will be.
The vagueness of the term population health management is part of the problem. It conjures different images for different players in the system, each of whom is jockeying for an expanded role in the healthcare system of the future.
Social workers, nurses and the home health industry see new jobs for their specialties. Electronic health-record vendors are busy developing software programs to help providers identify and manage their most costly patients. Consulting firms are touting their expertise in big-data analytics to identify patients at risk.
Within healthcare systems, the discussion about population health management...
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