Almost all (90 percent) of healthcare leaders reported plans to pursue a population health strategy in a HealthLeaders Media survey.
The survey included results from 315 leaders from 143 hospitals and 101 health systems across the country. Findings include:
- Two-thirds of health systems leaders (66 percent) reported intentions to improve population health by becoming adept at data analytics.
- One-third (32 percent) of respondents expect to focus early or pilot population health efforts on a population defined by a chronic condition.
- The top population health management investments over the next three years include integrating clinical care data across the care continuum (66 percent) and adding data analytics capabilities (53 percent).
- Almost two-thirds (63 percent) of respondents reported pursuing partnerships with other providers to share risk while improving population health.
- The most-reported financial incentive to pursue population health management was payer risk or cost-sharing, identified by 29 percent of respondents.
- Healthcare leaders are confident about their negotiating power with payers: 68 percent said they are well-positioned to be among a payer's population health management partners, including 73 percent of respondents from health systems.
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