Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness: .

by David B. Nash, Joanne Reifsnyder, Raymond J. Fabius

Population Creating a culture of Wellness provides students with a multifaceted overview of the important emerging discipline known as population health.

Going beyond the scope of public health, population health considers the distribution, determinants, interventions, and policies that impact health outcomes across a broad population. Population Creating a Culture of Wellness is the Foundational text for training the future leaders of this burgeoning---and revolutionary-new field.

The book provides multiple perspectives in three key an overview of population health, including current activities and critical concepts such as quality, patient safety, and risk management; the business case for population health; and a close look at the national policy discussion on health care.

The authors bring together contributions from nationally renowned population health practitioners to create a core text for courses in schools of public health, health administration, medical care, nursing care, and pharmaceutical sciences.

372 pages, Paperback

First published August 16, 2010

About the author

David B. Nash, MD, MBA, is the Founding Dean Emeritus and the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy at the Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH). His tenure as Dean completes nearly 30 years on the University faculty. Nash was recently appointed Special Assistant to Bruce Meyer, MD, MBA, President of Jefferson Health.

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.

Reviews

[Jordan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Something I have to keep reminding myself is that benchmarking is not an average of a high standard, but a high standard that is likely the maximum possible of that particular thing. The benchmarks for textbooks have been set elsewhere, and here the product is far below the mark. That isn't to say this didn't have merit, but as a whole, 300 pages of reading the same sentences reworded a thousand times gets agonizing. I think its greatest weakness is in constantly relying upon acronyms to carry every concept for the reader rather than engaging the reader. Maybe forget the conventions of audience and try to make sure the audience doesn't fall asleep reading. The best engagement you'll likely get out this will be in chapter 9 and Appendix III. I got some good quotes out of this I'll use later as well, but it's going to be infuriating having to read this again when I finally have time and money to retake this course and actually do the assigned homework (I had a lot of work and other classes that got in the way this time).

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book started off really good but as it got into more complex inner workings of the healthcare systems, methods, and planning and such it started to get really scrambled. It felt very jumbled and repetitive but not helpful. The author writes about certain topics that someone with no medical or clinical background could not understand because it is not explained enough or in layman. I told my husband many times that I was reading gobblity gook with some of the chapters. But some of the chapters are great and spread out very well. I do appreciate that the chapters are excruciating long.

[Dmreichle · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is another book that I listened to on my commute for my class. It is a good introduction to the basics of Population health, and I found it interesting for the most part. I'm not sure I agree with all the concepts, however, but it did provide some new ideas.

[Nathan Fleming · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nash's textbook explains the fundamentals of a culture of wellness. His thinking has influenced the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This is a primary text for students interested in understanding the academic discipline of population health.

[Liv · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great look at the importance of social determinate of health and care managment.