AMA January 10, 2020
As health care evolves, so, too, does the information available to physicians and trainees. This is evident in the rising prevalence of population health management, which focuses on health outcomes for a group of individuals rather than a single patient.
With across the board health outcomes becoming a more significant metric in health care, the concept has taken on new importance.
With that, what is expected of a physician has changed, said Paul George, MD, MPHE, assistant dean for medical education and associate professor of family medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
“And now as a physician, to better health care systems, you are asked to be responsible for not only the patient in...