Population Health Management: Strategies, Tools, Applications, and Outcomes

Population Health Management combines community, public, and global health perspectives with health management essentials to deliver quality care and successful outcomes for diverse populations. It is designed to be student-friendly and comprehensive, with examples from COVID-19 and practical skills for health administration and management, public health, social work, and allied health professions.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 18 October 2021
Publisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc

Population Health Management is a comprehensive approach that combines perspectives and concepts from community, public, and global health, with a focus on aligning them with the essentials of health management. Written by leading experts in academia and industry, this text emphasizes the integration of management skills necessary to deliver quality care while producing successful outcomes that are sensitive to the needs of diverse populations.

The book is designed to be both student-friendly and comprehensive, utilizing various models, frameworks, case examples, chapter podcasts, and other resources to illustrate foundational knowledge and impart the skills necessary for health care managers to succeed in the health care sector. It spans core topics such as community needs assessments, social determinants of health, the role of data analytics, managerial epidemiology, value-based care payment models, and new population health delivery models.

COVID-19 examples are used to illustrate population health management strategies that solve real-world challenges. The book is practical and outcomes-driven, preparing students in health administration and management, public health, social work, allied health, and other health professions programs for the challenges of an evolving health care ecosystem and the changing roles in the health management workforce.

Key Features:

Highlights up-to-date topics focusing on social marketing, design thinking for innovation, adopting virtual care and telehealth strategies, and social marketing ideas.

Introduces new population health management skills and tools such as the Social Vulnerability Index, Policy Map, PRAPARE, the PHM Framework, Design Thinking, and Digital Messaging.

Incorporates "Did You Know?" callouts, chapter-based podcasts, and end-of-chapter quizzes to enhance learning and understanding.

Population Health Management is a valuable resource for students, practitioners, and professionals in the field of health care, providing a comprehensive and practical approach to managing and improving population health outcomes.

Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780826144263