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Measuring and Managing Population Health.

William M Tierney, Justin F Rousseau, Anjum Khurshid

|February 3, 2018

Summary

Emerging health technologies like electronic health records and telemedicine are crucial for improving population health management. These tools help overcome data challenges to provide timely, accurate health information for better patient and community care.

Area of Science:

Health Informatics
Public Health
Health Management

Background:

Effective health care delivery and promotion depend on accessible, accurate information.
Population health management faces challenges due to fragmented, incomplete, and disorganized health data.
Existing health data often fails to adequately support individual patient care, group management, or community health initiatives.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the role of evolving information and communication technologies in enhancing population health management.
To describe various emerging health technologies and their potential applications.
To highlight future opportunities for these technologies in improving population health.

Main Methods:

Review and description of key information and communication technologies relevant to population health.

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Discussion of the capabilities and limitations of current health data systems.

Analysis of emerging technological tools and their impact on health information accessibility and utility.

Main Results:

Information and communication technologies are rapidly advancing to support population health management.
Key technologies include electronic health records, health information exchanges, patient portals, telemedicine, internet/social media, mobile devices, and wearable sensors.
These tools offer significant opportunities to improve the timeliness, accuracy, and organization of health information.

Conclusions:

Emerging health technologies are vital for overcoming data challenges in population health management.
The described technologies present future opportunities for enhancing health care delivery, patient management, and community health promotion.
Strategic adoption of these technologies can lead to more effective and data-driven population health strategies.