By Michael Laff
Robert Graham Center Forum
Washington, D.C. – When one patient needs medical care, the problem can often be solved with a visit to a physician. However, larger population health concerns are unlikely to be solved without looking closely at a map.
Building on the concept that where one lives is one of the strong indicators of future health, three cities are tackling population health in their own distinctive ways.
San Diego, Detroit and Richmond, Va., are tackling population health at the community level by targeting specific health needs and devoting resources to change outcomes. Health officials from each area spoke about their work last week at a forum titled “Achieving the Triple Aim: Linking Clinical Health Services and Public Health to Improve Outcomes & Costs.”(www.graham-center.org) The forum was hosted by the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care.
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