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Emily Rappleye: 11 tips to help population health collaborations succeed

Submitted by ASchreiber on Mon, 01/05/2015 - 10:22


  1. Establish hospitals and public health agencies as core partners in the collaboration.
  2. Build trust-based relationships.
  3. Adopt a clear mission and goals.
  4. The collaboration must establish "anchor institutions" dedicated to supporting the mission financially.
  5. Designate a governing body and establish a charter.
  6. Build an understanding of population health concepts and principles within the organization and the community.
  7. Specify quality measures, objectives, metrics and tools to track success.
  8. Produce "impact statements" comparing the effects of the organization with the costs.
  9. Devise strategy to broaden and diversify sources of funding.
  10. Establish oversight committees.
  11. Local, state and federal agencies should adopt policies to make population health collaborations and partnerships possible and promote their development.


Source: Becker's Hospital Review, December 8, 2014
Source URL: http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/population-health/11-ti...



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