Population Health Executive Summary

Several factors are critical for the successful implementation of population health initiatives. Key among them are cost, quality of health and patient satisfaction (Johnson et al, 2017; Caron, 2014). According to Johnson et al, (2017), the three main aims of an effective population health system are cost reduction, improvement of the quality of health and enhancement of patients experience and satisfaction. These three aims are effectively the critical population health factors that must be achieved by every population health system. Johnson et al, therefore evaluated where primary care practice transformation on the basis of proven population health strategies coupled with predictive modeling to aid in matching clinical resources to overarching

The authors explored the quality metric on the basis of various health-specific quadrants. The author insisted that the achievement of the collective aim and appeal in population health systems is the focus on population-health improvement efforts. These successes of those efforts must, however, be determined by measuring the health outcomes, associated risk factors as well as interventions to improve them. The aim of such measurements is to come up with a quality metric for gauging the success of these interventions. Stoto (2014) noted that despite its importance, the United States lacks proper frameworks for effecting population health measurements across its

Hood et al (2016) explored the relationship between determinants of health and health outcomes. They discovered a positive relationship between socioeconomic factors, clinical care, health behaviors and health outcomes. Their work concluded that achieving greatest improvement within the precepts of population health would require a deliberate effort to address the economic and social determinants of health. The work of Adler et al (2016) tackled issues surrounding the addressing of social determinants of health and other disparities. They noted that the United States lags behind many countries in regards to health indicators due to relative underinvestment by the nation in social services (Woolf & Aron, 2013). Therefore Adler et al noted that existing evidence seems to suggest that better population health would be achievable through the formulation of a health policy framework that addresses the behavioral and social determinants of health. After all, Short et al (2015) also opined that at any particular point in time, an individual’s health behaviors and health are a stark reflection of their physical endowments combined with their circumstances and experiences over time. This is within the physical and social contexts. The social milieu of health is of great importance to the overall population health. The important thing to note