Top 10 Challenges of Population Health Management
Health IT Analytics July 14, 2017
What are some of the most common challenges of population health management and how can healthcare providers overcome them?
Population health management has become a must-have competency for healthcare providers of all types, sizes, and specialties. As risk-based contracting and pay-for-performance arrangements start to provide enhanced financial incentives for delivering preventive services and tracking patients across the care continuum, healthcare organizations are investing heavily in the strategies and technologies required to ensure proactive management of individuals.
Developing and deploying a population health management program can be a difficult proposition, however, especially for organizations operating with limited staff on a shoestring budget.
Effectively managing patients with complex chronic diseases, limited access to services, or a tendency to end up in the...