Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness: with Navigate 2 eBook Access

by David Nash, Raymond J Fabius, Alexis Skoufalos

Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the field of population health has evolved and matured considerably. Improving quality and health outcomes along with lowering costs has become an ongoing focus in delivery of health care. The new Third Edition of Population Health reflects this focus and evolution in today's dynamic healthcare landscape by conveying the key concepts of population health management and examining strategies for creating a culture of health and wellness in the context of health care reform. Offering a comprehensive, forward-looking approach to population health, the Third Edition's streamlined organization features 14 chapters divided among 3 major Part I – Population Health in the US discusses health and wellness vs. healthcare delivery; epidemiology and the impact of social determinants. Part 2 –The Population Health Ecosystem looks at structures and systems; value-based payment models, population health informatics /analytics; and developing the population health workforce; Part 3 – Creating Culture Change explores health promotion and consumer engagement; implementing organizational culture change; care coordination; accountability for outcomes; and policy and advocacy.

336 pages, Paperback

First published August 16, 2010

Reviews

[Jordan]

Something I have to keep reminding myself is that benchmarking is not an average of a high standard, but a high standard that is likely the maximum possible of that particular thing. The benchmarks for textbooks have been set elsewhere, and here the product is far below the mark. That isn't to say this didn't have merit, but as a whole, 300 pages of reading the same sentences reworded a thousand times gets agonizing. I think its greatest weakness is in constantly relying upon acronyms to carry every concept for the reader rather than engaging the reader. Maybe forget the conventions of audience and try to make sure the audience doesn't fall asleep reading. The best engagement you'll likely get out this will be in chapter 9 and Appendix III. I got some good quotes out of this I'll use later as well, but it's going to be infuriating having to read this again when I finally have time and money to retake this course and actually do the assigned homework (I had a lot of work and other classes that got in the way this time).

[Samantha]

This book started off really good but as it got into more complex inner workings of the healthcare systems, methods, and planning and such it started to get really scrambled. It felt very jumbled and repetitive but not helpful. The author writes about certain topics that someone with no medical or clinical background could not understand because it is not explained enough or in layman. I told my husband many times that I was reading gobblity gook with some of the chapters. But some of the chapters are great and spread out very well. I do appreciate that the chapters are excruciating long.

[Dmreichle]

This is another book that I listened to on my commute for my class. It is a good introduction to the basics of Population health, and I found it interesting for the most part. I'm not sure I agree with all the concepts, however, but it did provide some new ideas.

[Nathan Fleming]

Nash's textbook explains the fundamentals of a culture of wellness. His thinking has influenced the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This is a primary text for students interested in understanding the academic discipline of population health.

[Liv]

Great look at the importance of social determinate of health and care managment.