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Coming together to improve the health of our communities: Opportunities for collaboration between the clinical care system and local public health departments

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 : 9:10 AM - 9:30 AM

Virginia Huang Richman, PhD, MPH , Office of Planning, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA
  
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The traditional distinction made between the work of the clinical care system (individual health focused) and the public health system (population health focused), is being blurred.  Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Affordable Care Organizations (ACOs) and other models of population-based management of health care are incentivized to integrate the clinical care and public health sectors.  Moreover, commonalities between the community health planning requirements of non-profit hospitals’ community benefit programs and the requirements for local health departments to achieve public health accreditation provide opportunities to further coordinate clinical care and public health systems to improve population health.  A framework for integrating the clinical care and government public health perspectives in population health planning will be discussed. Practical strategies for collaboration on community health planning and implementation, from a local public health department’s perspective, will be explored.  

Learning Areas:

Program planning
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines

Learning Objectives:
Identify some of the frameworks used in conceptualizing population health and its measurement. Describe how the policy environment is aligning the interests of the clinical care system and public health system to improve population health. List some opportunities where clinical care systems and public health departments can collaborate to improve population health.

Keyword(s): Community Health Assessment, Community Health Planning

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Interim Director of the Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Development at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and have served in Planning in various capacities since 2007. Our office is responsible for the development of the Department’s Strategic Plan, policy coordination, and now, strategic community health planning due to public health accreditation. This work provides a public health department’s perspective on the impact of ACA and public health accreditation.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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