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Population Health Management for Residents

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In 2008, the Institutes for Health Improvement (IHI) identified improving the health of populations as one of the core elements of the “triple aim” for improving the US healthcare system. To address the triple aim and evolving realities of the US healthcare system, residency training programs must embrace the dual responsibility of training residents in direct patient care and population-based management. Population medicine has since become a vital component of primary care and residency training.

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  1. University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA

    Robert J. Fortuna M.D., M.P.H.

  2. The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA

    Halle G. Sobel M.D., F.A.C.P.

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  1. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

    Lee Bach Lu

  2. Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Ernie-Paul Barrette

  3. Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Craig Noronha

  4. University of Vermont, Robert Larner M.D. College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, USA

    Halle G. Sobel

  5. Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

    Daniel G. Tobin

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Fortuna, R.J., Sobel, H.G. (2018). Population Health Management for Residents. In: Lu, L., Barrette, EP., Noronha, C., Sobel, H., Tobin, D. (eds) Leading an Academic Medical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68267-9_11

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