Speaker: David B. Nash, MD MBA
You’ve heard the term population health, but do you know how it impacts you? Population Health pioneer Dr. David Nash will discuss how population health impacts healthcare quality professionals and what future trends are. This on demand activity is a must if you want to stay at the forefront of what’s happening in population health.
Objectives:
1. Provide a high level definition of Population Health
2. Describe why it is a hot topic /why is it important
3. Discuss specifically how does it impacts the healthcare quality professional
- why healthcare quality professionals need to understand population health
- how does it impact their work
3. Conclude webinar with promoting how NAHQ can provide resources/education on population health
- JHQ Special Issue
- Q Essentials Population Health & Care Transitions booklet
- Upcoming learning labs
- 2016 National Quality Summit, featuring Drew Harris
Speaker Bio: David Nash was named the Founding Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH) in 2008. This appointment caps a twenty-year tenure on the faculty of Thomas Jefferson University. He is also the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy.
Dr. Nash is a board certified internist who is internationally recognized for his work in outcomes management, medical staff development and quality-of-care improvement. In 1995 he received the top recognition award from the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy. Dr. Nash is a board certified internist who is internationally recognized for his work in public accountability for outcomes, physician leadership development, and quality-of-care improvement. Repeatedly named to Modern Healthcare’s list of Most Powerful Persons in Healthcare, his pro bono national activities cover a wide scope. Currently he is on the VHA Center for Applied Healthcare Studies Advisory Board. He is a principal faculty member for Quality of Care programming for the American Association of Physician Leaders (AAPL) in Tampa, FL and leads the academic joint venture between AAPL and the JCPH. He is on the NQF task force on Improving Population Health and is on the John M. Eisenberg Award Committee from the Joint Commission. He also is a founding member of the AAMC-IQ Steering Committee, the group charged with introducing the tenets of quality and safety into medical education. Finally, Dr. Nash has chaired the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (HC4) for more than 15 years and he is widely recognized as a pioneer in the public reporting of outcomes.