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Executive Briefing: Population Health
A
lthough the concept of population health has taken hold
on the healthcare industry in the past few years, it is none-
theless easy for it to remain just that: a concept.
Change doesn't come easy in hospitals and health systems, but
this is even more the case when a change is systemic and far-
reaching — precisely the intention of population health. Hospital
leaders may struggle in breaking down population health from
high-minded, intangible concepts to actionable processes.
Earl Steinberg, MD, CEO of Columbia, Md.-based xG Health
Solutions and executive vice president of innovation and dis-
semination at Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System, says
population health brings along a tandem of challenges. One is
strategic, the other operational.
"Population health turns the business model for hospitals upside
down," he says. "Hospitals historically focused on putting heads in
beds and providing services that generate income. In population
Operation Population Health: Cultural
and Process Changes Facing Hospitals
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