Population health

In the midst of healthcare transformation and evolution, health systems will re-imagine care-delivery models, examining where care is best provided with the goal to help improve health outcomes overall. To prevent long-term chronic health conditions in our communities, we need community-centered solutions, treating people not just when they are sick but underscoring the importance of timely, preventive care.”

DR. TAMARAH DUPERVAL- BROWNLEE Chief community impact officer | Ascension

“I think what’s exciting is we’re seeing a lot of the early interest in screening now coupled with research really beginning to prove the value of social determinants. We’re on the cusp here of seeing where this is all headed and that coupled with research and data is going to prove this is not only logical but it’s the right way to look at a person’s health.”

RANDY OOSTRA President and CEO | ProMedica

There is increasing recognition of the connection between unmet social needs and poor health outcomes. That becomes even more clear when we look at growing inequities in our communities and the health implications that come with them. In 2020, we will begin to see a new standard for social health, one that improves total health and advances affordability for healthcare throughout the country.”

DR. BECHARA CHOUCAIR Chief community health officer Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals

In the big picture, I feel like it will be social determinants of health; more specifically though, it’s elevating social determinants as clinical gaps in care. For a long time I felt that kind of stuff had been relegated to philanthropy, and I felt like we really needed to bring it in and integrate social determinants into our care models.”

DR. ANDREW RENDA Associate vice president of population health | Humana

—As told to Steven Ross Johnson