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Population Health: Creating a culture of Wellness provides students with a multifaceted overview of the important emerging discipline known as population health.Going beyond the scope of public health, population health considers the distribution, determinants, interventions, and policies that impact health outcomes across a broad population. Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness is the Foundational text for training the future leaders of this burgeoning---and revolutionary-new field.The book provides multiple perspectives in three key areas: an overview of population health, including current activities and critical concepts such as quality, patient safety, and risk management; the business case for population health; and a close look at the national policy discussion on health care.The authors bring together contributions from nationally renowned population health practitioners to create a core text for courses in schools of public health, health administration, medical care, nursing care, and pharmaceutical sciences.
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This core text for graduate courses in public health, health administration, medical nursing care, and pharmaceutical sciences covers the determinants, interventions, and policies that impact health outcomes across a broad population. An introductory chapter defines the field and describes its current state and foundational evidence. Part 1 provides an overview of population health concepts and activities, covering key concepts of continuity of care, quality, patient safety, and risk management. Part 2 presents the business case for population health and describes the financial tools, information technology, decision support, and marketing surrounding the implementation of population health. The last part of the book looks at national policy discussion on health care, educational challenges, the political landscape, and the future of population health. Learning features include chapter summaries and objectives, key words and an extensive glossary, study and discussion questions, and suggested articles and websites. An appendix provides three case studies, one for each part of the book. Nash is dean of the School of Population Health at Thomas Jefferson University. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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