Population health systems: Going beyond integrated care

"The central purpose of this paper is to challenge those involved in integrated care and public health to ‘join up the dots’. This challenge recognises that population health is affected by a wide range of influences across society and within communities. Improving population health is not just the responsibility of health and social care services, or of public health professionals. Instead, we argue that it requires co-ordinated efforts across population health systems."

Population health systems: Going beyond integrated care
H Alderwick, C Ham, D Buck
The King's Fund
February 2015

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Framework for personalised care and population health for nurses, midwives, health visitors and allied health professionals

"The Framework has been developed as a resource to support nurses, midwives, health visitors and allied health professionals’ access to best evidence and support them in delivery of their public health role. It is also a tool for clinical leaders, managers and commissioners to develop services which use the knowledge and skills of healthcare practitioners to deliver the best health outcomes for the populations they serve."

A framework for personalised care and population health for nurses, midwives, health visitors and allied health professionals: caring for populations across the lifecourse 
Department of Health, Public Health England
July 2014

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The second curve of population health

"The tactics described in this guide provide a framework for initiatives that hospitals and care systems could pursue to develop an institutional infrastructure that supports population health. These tactics are:

• Value-based reimbursement
• Seamless care across all settings
• Proactive and systematic patient education
• Workplace competencies and education on population health
• Integrated, comprehensive HIT that supports risk stratification of patients with real-time accessibility
• Mature community partnerships to collaborate on community-based solutions"

The second curve of population health
Health Research & Educational Trust
March 2014

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Smart Guides to Engagement series

"The Smart Guides to Engagement series is for everyone working in or with clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). The guides have been written by experts to provide straightforward advice on all aspects of patient and public engagement in an easily digested format."

Access the 12 guides here.

Using research to influence policy change and population health improvement

"By applying what we know from translation theory to new challenges for improving population health, we can overcome barriers to dissemination and translation, and support evidence-based decision-making, and practice, in public health."

Using health services research to influence policy change and population health improvement
Academy Health
March 2013

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Improving data use in decision making

"The overall aim of the paper is to articulate specific interventions that can improve the demand for and use of data in decision making so that improvements in the other health building blocks can be realized."

Improving data use in decision making: an intervention to strengthen health systems
T Nutley
August 2012

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