Consider discussing how you, as an administrator, could collaborate with other healthcare disciplines to ensure the success of the initiative you selected.Explain why understanding and incorporating a focus on social determinants of health is vital to affecting population health.

Shifting Toward Population Health

Choose a federal or state initiative that focuses on population health – choose a topic that interests you

Explain how that initiative shifts the focus from the individual person to population health

Evaluate the importance of shifting from individual health to population health

Consider discussing how you, as an administrator, could collaborate with other healthcare disciplines to ensure the success of the initiative you selected

Explain why understanding and incorporating a focus on social determinants of health is vital to affecting population health.

References:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). What is population health? https://www.cdc.gov/pophealthtraining/whatis.html
Nash, D., Fabius, E., Skoufalos, A., Clarke, J., & Horowitz, M. (2016). Population health: Creating a culture of wellness (2nd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning
Zangerle, C. (2016). Population health: The importance of social determinants. Nurse Management, 47(2), 17-18. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NUMA.0000479444.75643.e5