Community prevention and care management strategies can achieve short- and long-term returns.
In the United States, more than 50 percent of health care costs are accrued by 5 percent of patients. It is not surprising, then, that health leaders’ focus on the Triple Aim — which calls for simultaneously reducing costs, raising quality and improving population health — includes high utilization.
Current frameworks and concepts — such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Three Buckets of Prevention and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Culture of Health, as well as initiatives such as the Accountable Communities for Health pilots in several states — reflect an emphasis on comprehensive action. Health care analysts and forecasters are increasingly pointing to the potential impact of collective investment in comprehensive strategies.
To read more of Jeremy Cantor and Larissa J. Estes' article, http://www.hhnmag.com/articles...ation-in-health-care
The article, co-written by Prevention Institute Program Manager Dr. Larissa J. Estes and Jeremy Cantor of JSI Research & Training Institute Inc., gives the example of treating patients who have housing insecurity.
Prevention Institute will soon release an infographic that shows how community prevention is a vital element of a comprehensive strategy to reduce high utilization. To receive a copy of this infographic when it’s ready, please email Larissa at Larissa@preventioninsitute.org
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