Key Topics: Population Health
Improving outcomes for a population
As value-based care continues to gain momentum in the country’s healthcare ecosystem, both medical groups and insurers are perceiving care under a new lens, where reimbursement is dependent on positive patient outcomes, and not the volume of services rendered. As a result, providers are realigning themselves toward a more team-based approach that focuses on the whole person and not just the isolated conditions that patients present at a given point in time.
Population health has been defined as "the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group." Healthcare organizations have found that replacing the one-size-fits-all approach with tailored, cost-effective interventions based on collected data and risk level, population health targets hospital readmissions, preventative care, and chronic disease programs can improve patient health and reimbursement.
Video: Katie Henry, JD, Austin Regional Clinic, on Population Health
Featured Population Health Resources
Featured Population Health Resources
Value Roundtable Summit: Transitions in Care Programs
PRESENTATION - FREE
Geisinger Health and HealthPartners share innovative programs to improve transitions in care.
How do I lower cost spending while increasing better patient outcomes?
Small Hub/Big Spokes
This GPJ cover story examines why value-based care is the future of rural health care.
What kind of population health initiatives are key in value-based care?
Scaling High-Value Care
Corewell Health explores strategies to broaden the reach and impact of high-value care initiatives.
Inclusive Healthcare for the LGBTQ+ Community
Cooper University Health Care shares strategies for creating programs for the LGBTQ+ community.
Obesity Care Model Playbook
This playbook provides knowledge and insight on population health-based approaches and strategies for treating adult patients with obesity in primary care, with links to relevant resources.
What best practices are available for developing programs for chronic diseases?
The Need for Speed
Premier Medical Associates is addressing colorectal cancer though value-based care.
Improving Outcomes for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Bundle Measure Approach
This white paper details how participants in the Together 2 Goal Diabetes Bundle Best Practices Learning Collaborative defined, piloted, and evaluated a framework and its necessary components to improve outcomes for patients with type 2 diabetes.
Combating Clinical Inertia in CKD and Other Metabolic Conditions
An evidence-based approach to addressing clinical inertia in the treatment of patients with chronic kidney disease and other comorbid conditions.
How do I use data to improve the health of my population?
Cultivating a Comprehensive Obesity Program in Primary Care
This white paper details how participants in the AMGA Obesity Care Model Collaborative defined, piloted and evaluated a framework and its necessary components to address obesity and overweight in primary care.
Deliver Guideline-Recommended Care for AF Stroke Risk Reduction
In this webinar summary, healthcare organizations share how they are improving guideline adherence to reduce the risk of stroke among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).
Solutions Library: Where the Best Find Answers
Learn how leading medical groups are adjusting their provider and executive compensation models based on the latest trends and data at amga.org/solutions