Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness 3rd edition (third edition)

About this book

Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness 3rd edition by David B. Nash, Alexis Skoufalos, Raymond J. Fabius, and Willie H. Oglesby examines the principles, systems, and strategies used to improve health outcomes across populations. The book connects public health, healthcare delivery, prevention, wellness, data analysis, and organizational leadership to explain how population health initiatives can improve quality while addressing cost and access.

The 3rd edition covers population health in the United States, health and wellness, healthcare delivery, epidemiology, social determinants of health, population health systems, value based payment models, informatics, analytics, workforce development, health promotion, consumer engagement, organizational culture change, care coordination, accountability for outcomes, policy, and advocacy.

This textbook is intended primarily for students and professionals in population health, public health, healthcare administration, health management, and related healthcare leadership fields. Its case studies, discussion questions, practical strategies, and systems based approach support coursework, organizational planning, quality improvement, health promotion, and evaluation of population based healthcare initiatives.

Population health students, public health students, healthcare administrators, clinicians, and health management professionals can use this 2021 edition to examine population health strategies, understand social and organizational influences on health, evaluate care models, and plan wellness initiatives. The complete 3rd edition is available as a searchable PDF enhanced digital version with instant access for coursework, professional development, healthcare management, and population health reference.