Becker's Healthcare March 14, 2025
Rosie Talaga

As the newly-appointed chief population health officer at York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health, Timothy Switaj, MD, is focused on developing a long-term strategy rooted in value-based care.

The strategy’s three main priorities are integrating population health across all service lines, operationalizing data capabilities and supporting primary care providers on panel management.

“One of our first priorities is to determine how we can engage on a regular cadence and drive population health work across all of our different service lines and our hospital entities, because there’s work to be done in the hospitals as well,” Dr. Switaj told Becker’s.

By aligning these efforts, Dr. Switaj hopes to create a more cohesive, systemwide approach that reduces unnecessary emergency department visits and hospitalizations, while...

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