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Source: Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care System
Population Health Management (PHM) is a means of improving health through the better use of qualitative and quantitative data and the delivery of proactive care. This requires a shift from a traditionally reactive healthcare system to a proactive one which is focussed on the prevention of illness, the reduction in hospital admissions and a reduction in health inequalities.
PHM ensures that providers from across the NHS and other public services (including local authorities, schools, social services, charities and the public) work together in a multi-disciplinary approach to address the interdependent issues that affect people’s health and wellbeing.
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Two examples of PHM work can be read below:
Source: Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care System
Sowe Valley Primary Care Network (PCN) of GP practices in Coventry are taking a Population Health Management (PHM) approach to support patients with Type 2 diabetes. Health and social care professionals selected a cohort of 170 people with type 2 diabetes between the ages of 20-39 with a BMI greater than 30.
Clinicians took a population health management approach to better understand people’s experiences with accessing services currently offered in the area. This involved taking into account the wider determinants of health, such as people’s social structure in terms of work, family, exercise, shopping and cooking habits.
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Source: Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care System
People with musculoskeletal problems living in the most deprived areas of Coventry were identified for more support using a Population Health Management (PHM) approach. The trial, run by Coventry Central PCN and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, identified a group of working age adults with chronic low back pain, living in deprivation, with co-morbidities and on opioid medication who are currently not working.
The primary aim of the project was to narrow health inequalities and improve the health and well-being outcomes for people with persistent low back pain, wanting to reduce low value care and improve physical and mental health outcomes for these people. Results for the 150 people identified so far have shown reduced pain and disability levels and previous clinical trials have shown this approach to be clinically and cost-effective.
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