Population health is the aggregation and capacity to be able to acquire patient healthcare data from across the continuum of care and multiple health information technology resources to a larger data pool where it can be sorted into a single actionable patient record. Healthcare providers can improve patient, clinical and financial outcomes by having all of the actionable patient record.
Leveraging clinical and administrative data analytics to provide real time clinical decision support for physicians and proactively manage patient populations requires a highly coordinated and competent team of healthcare professionals working towards a common goal of distilling large and complex data sets into meaningful information delivered where and when it’s needed interoperably. For healthcare organizations that are just starting on this journey, acquiring the necessary resources and securing staff members with the right expertise can be a difficult task.

By Mario Espino