Time to Refocus on Population Health Strategies
Managed Healthcare Executive October 2, 2020
As we continue to navigate the unknowns of the current pandemic, it appears we’re still a long way off from living in a true post-COVID-19 era. Until then, improved health outcomes can still be realized through effective population health strategies, providing adequate financial resources that are available and encompassing all the determinants of health in communities, including social, behavioral and environmental factors.
As healthcare providers, many lessons and observations have already resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. One glaring reality to come out of this shared experience is that the U.S. healthcare system’s finances are too heavily focused on elective surgeries, urgent and emergent care, and not on public health.
It’s safe to say we aren’t out of the woods yet,...