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Instructions
You are the newly hired junior associate in a not-for-profit healthcare system that is exploring opportunities for a two-tiered system of care. Specifically, the healthcare system is committed to maintaining a not-for-profit, community-oriented population-health level of care. They are also investigating an opportunity to deliver a more personalized and individual model of care. Aware that you have taken a course in population health, your supervisor asks you to prepare a brief graphic presentation for your colleagues on the differences, similarities, and opportunities for synergy using the population health and the medical models of care.
Construct a table of model characteristics with population health at one end and the medical model on the other. Place opportunities for synergy (shared characteristics) in the middle of the table as shown. For example, one of the distinguishing characteristics of population health is a community orientation. One of the most distinguishing characteristics of the medical model is individual care.
Model Characteristics
Population Health Model
Shared Characteristics / Synergies
Medical Model
Community oriented
Medical services
Individual care
Table 1. Model Characteristic Table Template
Your table should have at least four distinguishing characteristics for each of the models and at least two shared characteristics. You may include the examples given in the assignment instructions.
Summarize the contents of your completed table in one paragraph.
In the second paragraph, evaluate how the characteristics in your completed table might affect health outcomes.
Length: Completed table template, plus title and reference pages
References: Include a minimum of 1 scholarly resource or one government website
Your table, summary, and evaluation should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect graduate-level writing and APA standards. Be sure to adhere to University’s Academic Integrity Policy.
Resources:
Population Health: Principles and Applications for Management
Rosemary Caron. (2017). Population Health: Principles and Applications for Management. Health Administration Press.
Read Pages 32-33 in Chapter 1.
CNBC (Producer). (2010). One nation, overweight: America’s obesity epidemic [Video file]. Films on Demand.
Jonas and Kovner’s Health Care Delivery in the United States, 12th Edition
Kovner, A. R., & Knickman, J. R. (Eds.). (2015). New York, NY: Springer Publishing. Jonas and kovner’s health care delivery in the united states, 12th edition.
Read Chapters 1, 2 and 5.
National Academy of Medicine. (n.d.). Culture of Health program [Website].
The Growing Gap in Life Expectancy by Income: Implications for Federal Programs and Policy Responses
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine The Growing Gap in Life Expectancy by Income: Implications for Federal Programs and Policy Responses. (2015). Population and Development Review, 41(4), 730. https://doi-org.proxy1.ncu.edu/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2015.00099.x
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). (2019). Population health management resource guide. Washington, DC: Author.
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). (2019). Population health management resource guide. Washington, DC: Author.
Download the guide and read pages 8-10 and 26-27.
