Precision Community Health - Four Innovations for Well-Being

When Bechara Choucair was a young doctor, he learned an important lesson: treating a patient for hypothermia does little good if she has to spend the next night out in the freezing cold. As health commissioner of Chicago, he was determined to address the societal causes of disease and focus the city's resources on its most vulnerable populations. That targeted approach has led to dramatic successes, such as lowering rates of smoking, teen pregnancy, breast cancer mortalities, and other serious ills.

In Precision Community Health, Choucair shows how those successes can be replicated and expanded around the country. The key is to use advanced technologies to identify which populations are most at risk for specific health threats and avert crises before they begin. Using this strategy can make a wholesale change in the way public health is practiced and in the well-being of all our communities.

About the author

Bechara Choucair, a family physician by training, was commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health from 2009 to 2014. He is currently senior vice president and chief health officer at Kaiser Permanente.

Summary

Clearly explains the ground-breaking strategy of precision community health and how it can provide targeted care for all communities.

Product details

• Authors: Bechara Choucair, Choucair Bechara
• Publisher: Island Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781642830163
• ISBN: 978-1-64283-016-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Public health & preventive medicine, Public health and preventive medicine