In a recent cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers from the United States of America (US) investigated, at the county level, the association between medical debt and ...

Academic medical centers have a great deal of influence in different areas of healthcare, as they have a three-pronged focus of patient care, medical research and clinician education. This sets them ...

Population health nursing is where nursing and public health come together. These nurses help connect everyday clinical care with key public health activities — like assessing community needs, ...

Peter Weir, MD, MPH, population health advocate, educator, and physician leader, has been named chief population health officer at University of Utah Health, effective July 1, 2023. The creation of ...

Perhaps the biggest priority of modern healthcare is to find ways to improve population health, as measured by improved outcomes and lower overall costs, aligned with the goals of value-based care.

Ochsner Health's Healthy State initiative targets social determinants to improve Louisiana's health outcomes, showing early success in smoking cessation and cancer screening rates. Workforce ...

St. Michael Medical Center has become a medical hub on the West Sound. Not only is the Silverdale facility providing care for residents in Kitsap but – as the only hospital on the peninsula offering ...

To improve population health, accountable care models should adopt stronger population-health focused measures and complete the transition from fee-for-service to capitation. We argue here that a ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

Here are 19 population health programs from hospitals and health systems. The hospitals have reported success in achieving their goals and creating healthier communities. Becker’s Hospital Review will ...

The Beebe Healthcare hospital in Sussex County, Delaware. A feasibility study says no single health care system in the county — Beebe Healthcare, Bayhealth or TidalHealth — has enough resources on its ...