Population health management has become a critical part of the American College of Cardiology’s efforts, with the organization making it a key part of its five-year strategic plan.
The ACC also formed a committee to address policy and health promotion surrounding population health, Gerard Martin, M.D., chairman of the ACC Population Health Policy and Health Promotion Committee, tellsHealthITAnalytics in an interview.
The college is looking to tackle cardiovascular disease as part of its population health efforts, and to do that members are focusing on the use of big data, quality improvement measures, patient advocacy and more, Martin says.
Many providers are increasing their focus on population health management, especially as payment models move from ones based on volume to ones based on value. FierceHealthIT recently spoke with leaders at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Citrus Valley Health Partners in Orange County, California, about their population health initiatives.
According to Martin, improved interoperability is needed to facilitate data sharing during population health efforts.
“We know that data registries and health information exchange is critical for understanding this issue, but there are still so many data silos that are preventing meaningful work from getting done,” he says. “The data sits in different buckets … and none of it is tied together.”
There is also a great need unique patient identifiers, Martin says. This is especially important because cardiovascular disease begins in childhood and it would be very beneficial to have the data follow them throughout their lives, he adds.
Hospitals and health system CIOs have recently stressed the need for patient identifiers, including in comments sent to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT on its draft interoperability roadmap.
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