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How Digital Health is Powering Population Health Strategies
The past two decades have seen the U.S. healthcare system shift from fee-for-service to value-based care models, which ties reimbursement to the quality of healthcare provided. Providing value-based care is no easy lift, requiring health systems to ensure that the unique medical needs of different patient populations are being met. Thus, effective population health strategies are critical to achieving value-based care goals.Though the definition of population health has evolved over the past decade, Dan Shields, CEO of digital medicine at Ochsner Health, noted that the concept revolves around engaging patients in managing their health. But this is easier said than done.
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"[Population health is] at its core getting people to do what they're supposed to do to manage their health," he said at the Payer + Provider 2024 virtual summit. "That sounds really simple, but there are so many factors that go into that, which is making population health more difficult. How do you reach the right people and get them to do what they're supposed to do to take care of their health?"Digital health technology has proved vital in expanding care access and improving outcomes for various populations. During a panel discussion at the virtual summit, Shields and his fellow panelists detailed how digital health technology is helping healthcare providers reach patients and individualize population health efforts, bringing them closer to achieving value-based care.
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