“We need to create that environment where the healthy choice is the easy choice, every time”.
If current obesity trends continue, one in eight Iowans will be diabetic by 2030.
One in four will have heart disease.
“Think about your family dinner table,” said Becky Wampler, director of health care sustainability with Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield. “If you have eight people around your table, this is now in your home.”
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The prevalence of obesity and related conditions is just one reason why the health care industry is turning to population health management, which uses data to try and make health care more effective on both community and personal levels.
Wampler said population health management has three components: personal accountability, a person’s environment and the network of health care providers.
“We need to create that environment where the healthy choice is the easy choice, every time,” she said.
At Iowa Ideas 2017, September 20-22 in Cedar Rapids, a group of panelists from across the state gathered to discuss the latest trends and challenges in population health.
Date: Nov 20, 2017