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Published on: February 16, 2011
Achieving population health in accountable care organizations
Karen Hacker1, Deborah Klein Walker
1Institute for Community Health, Cambridge, MA 02141, USA. Khacker@challiance.org
Abstract:
Although "population health" is one of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Triple Aim goals, its relationship to accountable care organizations (ACOs) remains ill-defined and lacks clarity as to how the clinical delivery system intersects with the public health system. Although defining population health as "panel" management seems to be the default definition, we called for a broader "community health" definition that could improve relationships between clinical delivery and public health systems and health outcomes for communities. We discussed this broader definition and offered recommendations for linking ACOs with the public health system toward improving health for patients and their communities.
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