Guides/Reports
American Hospital Association guides and reports for members and the health care field.
This report discusses strategies to help health care leaders prioritize three foundational elements of population health: 1) information-powered clinical decision-making; 2) primary care-led clinical workforce; and 3) patient engagement and community integration.
This report details the Institute of Medicine's roundtable on population health improvement and discusses how provisions in the Affordable Care Act will impact population health.
This book provides practical skills for building communities. Chapters three, four and five address how to conduct a community assessment. Related toolkits are included.
This second report in this series expands and explains all three strategies and focuses on patient and community awareness and engagement and a ready, willing and able workforce.
Awareness: Communitywide strategies can significantly raise patient and family awareness in advanced illness planning…
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Today, Medicare covers more than 48 million people, and that number is growing rapidlybaby boomers are reaching the eligibility age of 65 at the rate of 10,000 a day.1 Medicare patients exhibit a growing prevalence of chronic conditions and risk factors for these conditions, such as obesity. This…
In 2008 Don Berwick, Tom Nolan, and John Whittington first described the triple aim of simultaneously improving population health, improving the patient experience of care and reducing per capita cost. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement developed the 'Triple Aim' as a statement of purpose for…
Medicine involves decisions. But for Medicare patients with conditions for which surgery is an option, whether they undergo elective surgery depends largely on where they live and the clinicians they see. Research suggests that for many conditions -- especially those that can be treated with…
A central goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is to significantly reduce the number of uninsured by providing a continuum of affordable coverage options through Medicaid and new health insurance exchanges. Following the June 2012 Supreme Court decision, states face a decision…
Barriers and Strategies for Overcoming Them