Sustainable Population Health -- Who's on First?

Sustainable Population Health -- Who's on First?

Part A of this article clarifies the blurring terminology that can inadvertently stunt health improvement understanding and action. 

Post-truth, Fake news, Misinformation (Dictionary.com words of the year for 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively). Let’s be clear: How is population health different from community and public health? How does it relate to health disparities? A senior leader discussion on these topics can begin to sound like a rendition of Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s On First?” 

The terms Community Health, Public Health and Population Health are often used with the same broad brush. But advancement in our thinking and action start with clarity of our language and terminology. Clearly there is much common ground with these terms. To start 2019 off with clarity, below is a summary delineation of these terms. Read Full Article.

Steven Delaveris D.O.

Principal, TheDelaverisGroup, LLC

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I love and am learning from the conversation which distinguishes Population Health from Public Health...it's not who's on first but what is first! Thanks, Rob.

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