Wednesday, April 6, 2016
NYSHealth-Funded Report Finds Hospital Involvement in Population Health Programs is Not Widespread
Strong evidence shows that community-level social and environmental factors can affect health significantly.
As hospitals assume greater risk for their patients (for example, through Accountable Care Organization participation), some argue that they should focus not only on the medical care of their attributed patients but also on improving non-medical health determinants, such as access to healthy foods and parks, housing, and employment, in their communities at large...