Population health

Health care spending grew 3.7 percent in 2012 and the traditional way medicine was practiced had to change (Edlin, Goldman & Leive, 2014). The Affordable Care Act and Population Health was designed based on the concept of “The Triple Aim” to foster change in patient care by providing better care for individuals, better health for populations and decrease the cost of health through improved care (Perez, 2014). As a result, population management has moved to the front by linking services, reducing

There is no proper definition of population health. However, population health is broadly described as the distribution of health outcomes within a population. The main focus of population health is to create health equity to promote health and wellness within a population. The components and attributes of population health are described in a figure 1-1 as the chronic care model (Nash et al., 2011). Population health is important to achieve a goal of improving the United States healthcare system

Health Promotion Among Diverse Populations Marcia Maris Grand Canyon University NRS-429v November 14, 2015 The purpose of this paper is to discuss the health status of the American Indian/ Alaskan Native (AI/AN). A comparison and contrast of AI/ANs with the national average regarding the health status such as heart disease and strokes will be presented. Multifactorial barriers limiting health, and the overall factors affecting health within this population are identified. Current health

Introduction Population health as a framework for examining health is not a new concept. Historically, epidemiologist have used this to formulate etiologies of disease by measuring variations within a population and the impact of environmental factors (Radzyminski, 2007). Governments have also applied this concept to the implementation of interventions geared at improving the health of nations (Radzyminski, 2007). Although the concept is not new, the term population health has only been recently

discuss healthcare vulnerabilities of the elderly rural population in Baker County, Florida and describe how the nursing profession can address these problems. Rural health has been a complex and multifaceted challenge for government and healthcare practitioners. The elderly who live alone in the county suffer from low socioeconomic status, low health literacy rates, declining cognitive and physical health and lack of healthcare facilities. The health status of this vulnerable group is impacted by rural

A- In general, the Australian population is relatively healthy. Although, the inequalities in some specific socio-economic and cultural regions which has resulted in poor health these particular groups. The good news is most young people are achieving national minimum standards for reading, writing and numeracy, a fully engaged in study or work, and have strong support networks. This allows for a healthy lifestyle as education enables people to use their knowledge to make smart and informed decisions

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Occupational Therapy The article entitled Population Health and Occupational Therapy was published on the pages of the American Journal of Occupational Therapy in December 2015. The author, Brent Braveman, defines population health as a concept that can be improved by means of the occupational therapy interventions what makes him analyze the relevance of this connection (Braveman, 2015). Thus, the author sets the focus on the population health as the key indicator of the health system transformation and analyzes

established in 1946 and is part of the Department of Health and Human Services. Based out of Atlanta, Georgia it is a federal agency that has the goal to improve public health through the process of fighting disease. WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO IMPROVE POPULATION HEALTH The CDC improves population health by following six guiding principles in their role. The CDC works to detect and respond new and developing threats to health. The CDC confronts the health problems that affect Americans by death and disability

hidden within the special population. As of today, the health care system inhabits the margins by exposing impoverished individual. However, the individuals that are part of the special population each carries a unique set of needs. The special population can consist of the uninsured, minorities, children, disabled people, elderly, prisoners, pregnant women, students, and sadly to say veterans and military personnel. Furthermore, foundations of the special population consist of maintaining the