Why whole person care is needed for better population health management

KevinMD June 7, 2020
Trisha Swift

Many health care organizations – health plans and hospitals alike – continue to debate what it means to provide population health management (PHM). Most have landed on a definition that aligns closely with what PHM means to them, rather than operationalizing an overly broad definition that doesn’t resonate with the populations and communities they serve. This is smart. But what’s missing is the focus on a more important question: What does it mean to create a healthy population?

To begin, it means more than treating members and patients for a specific illness or disease. We must consider all the factors that contribute to health. Caring for the whole person means leveraging prevention by addressing the factors that contribute to illness...

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