Track: Healthcare
Abstract
Population health programs are a set of interventions and technologies designed to maintain and improve people’s health across the full continuum of care—from low-risk, healthy individuals to high-risk individuals with one or more chronic conditions and is increasingly being looked on by employers, health plans, and others as a promising practice for helping to improve health outcomes and “bend” the health care cost curve. The Industrial Engineer is in great demand for studying and developing systems of care for patients through the use of data analytics and cost saving technologies. Mayo Clinic’s Management Engineering and Internal Consulting department is being utilized to make multifaceted connections in this fragmented and complex environment by utilizing frameworks, models, and methods for assessing, designing, and improving operational effectiveness based on performance requirements defined by clients. This presentation will show other healthcare systems best practices and strategies to effectively care for this this targeted population.