title: Population health: the risks & reward.
abstract: Hospitals' new focus on population health and the transition to risk-based payment requires new technical capabilities and may dramatically transform care systems. Here's how some health systems are stepping up.
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Larkin
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018570:Risk Assessment