Population Health for Executives

Catalog description

Population health focuses on the health and well-being of entire populations. Populations may be geographically defined, such as neighborhoods or counties; may be based on groups of individuals who share common characteristics such as disease status, socioeconomic status, or race-ethnicity; or may be made of patients attributed to accountable healthcare organizations using a variety of methods. With roots in epidemiology, public health, and demography, key tools of population health management include risk stratification, chronic care management, identifying upstream social determinants of health, improving health equity, and cross-sector collaboration to improve prevention and wellness. Given the shifting health care environment - from fee-for-service to value-based care - healthcare managers who are able to apply tools to measure, analyze, evaluate, and improve the health of populations (and achieve the Triple Aim) will be well-positioned to achieve value as the field continues to evolve.