Value-based payment models aren't going away, making population health initiatives ever more critical, Tricia Nguyen, executive vice president for population health at Texas Health Resources, said during a webinar presenting results from the eHealth Initiative's latest population health survey.
Nguyen, who also serves as president of the Texas Health Population Health, Education & Innovation Center, warned against the wait-and-see attitude some are taking.
Among 59 responses of individuals used from accountable care organizations, hospitals and health systems, physician practices, health insurance companies and elsewhere, 68.1 percent said they had created new roles or hired staff for population health. Additionally, 68.1 percent said they had begun activities and 76.6 percent had purchased population health or analytics technology; 72.3 percent anticipate making such investments.
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