The Workforce Needed to Address Population Health

Abstract

On-the-job training programs and employer support are needed for the current health workforce to gain skills and competencies to address population health.r Funding and leadership combined are critical for developing the population health workforce with the goal of supporting a broad set of workers beyond health and social care to include, for example, those in urban planning, law enforcement, or transportation professions to address population health.

What executive leadership competencies matter most to patient experience: A national qualitative inquiry.

“…A description of what the population health workforce should include has not yet been defined. Although, Frogner et al (2023) addressed the need to have the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies needed to address social determinants of health, to coordinate a community approach including a variety of skilled professionals, and to communicate the many health drivers working against a system of historical and systemic discrimination. In conclusion, the findings of this study also affirmed the findings of Wolf et al (2014) that it takes everyone in an organization and across the continuum of care to engage and reflect the organization’s purpose in the community and in the lives of people who are affected every day to improve the patient experience.…”