Population Health Management Flashcards
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Which measure of disease burden is MOST useful for comparing the impact of different conditions across a population?
Answer: Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs)
DALYs combine years of life lost to premature death and years lived with disability, providing a comprehensive measure of disease burden that enables cross-condition comparisons.
A physician executive is building a registry to manage patients with hypertension. Which functionality is MOST critical for effectiveness?
Answer: Identifying patients with uncontrolled hypertension and triggering care management outreach
A disease registry's core function is identifying patients with uncontrolled disease and enabling proactive outreach to close care gaps before complications occur.
Which population health approach focuses on preventing disease before it occurs through interventions targeting the entire population regardless of individual risk?
Answer: Population strategy (Rose's strategy)
Geoffrey Rose's population strategy aims to shift the entire risk distribution by modifying risk factors in the whole population, recognizing that most cases arise from large numbers of low-to-moderate risk individuals.
When implementing a community health worker (CHW) program, which outcome measure BEST demonstrates program effectiveness?
Answer: Reduction in ED utilization and improvement in chronic disease control among enrolled patients
Reductions in avoidable ED utilization and improvements in chronic disease control demonstrate that CHW interventions are translating into meaningful health and utilization outcomes.
A physician executive is evaluating a population health program for return on investment (ROI). Which calculation approach is MOST appropriate?
Answer: Calculating avoided costs from prevented hospitalizations and ED visits minus program expenses
ROI for population health programs is calculated by comparing the value of avoided utilization (hospitalizations, ED visits) against program implementation and operation costs.
Which data governance principle is MOST critical when sharing patient population data across a health system network for population health analytics?
Answer: Maintaining data stewardship, patient privacy protections, and HIPAA compliance
Data stewardship with robust privacy protections and HIPAA compliance is essential to enable data sharing for analytics while protecting patient confidentiality and maintaining trust.
A physician executive wants to reduce health disparities in colorectal cancer screening rates. Which intervention strategy is MOST evidence-based?
Answer: Mailing fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) to unscreened patients with navigation support
Mailing FIT kits directly to unscreened patients removes access barriers and has strong evidence for increasing colorectal cancer screening rates, especially in underserved populations.