Originally titled Developing Performance Metrics and Evaluation Strategies in Population Health, this course was initially developed for the Curriculum in 2020. The course provided effective, actionable, and practical ways to identify and utilize performance metrics and population-level evaluation strategies to evaluate health improvement programs to accelerate health system(s) transformation. In accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM), courses offered as enduring material must be reviewed and re-released every three years to ensure the content is up-to-date and accurate. To meet the standards set forth by ACCME, this course has been revised in 2023 to incorporate up-to-date evidence-based information, references, data, graphics, language, and case studies.
This revitalized course will cover the development and use of performance metrics to guide the transformation of systems-based care toward improvements in population health. To better address health disparities, measures will be considered through a health equity lens. Evaluation strategies that incorporate these insights will improve health for all by working “upstream” to promote prevention and better disease management. Three case examples will demonstrate how performance metrics may be used to guide effective population health strategies and interventions.
ACPM defines health systems transformation as: ‘systems-based approaches to improving population, community, and individual health by incorporating and addressing the social determinants of health and increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare’.
Mitchell A. Kaminski, MD, MBADr. Kaminski is a family physician who has combined clinical practice and teaching with a career in healthcare leadership that has included private groups, hospital systems, and academic institutions. Most recently he served as Chief Clinical Officer at the Delaware Valley ACO, helping to develop the clinical strategy and teams in one of the largest ACOs in the country. He has continued to teach and care for patients part-time, most recently at the Jefferson Department of Family and Community Medicine. He embraces the complex challenges of our transforming national and regional healthcare systems, and continues to bring front-line perspectives to his leadership positions.
Since joining the Jefferson College of Population Health in August, 2018, Dr. Kaminski has led enhancement in the College curriculum to include greater emphasis on value-based care, population health management, and an increasing focus on the social determinants of health. He speaks to diverse groups on population health topics, value-based care, and physician leadership.
Dr. Kaminski also enjoys collaborating with NAVVIS in a joint mission to promote successful transformation of health care to meet today’s and tomorrow’s patient and population health needs.
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