title: 2015 and beyond: 6 predictions for health care and population health.
abstract: Significant challenges and opportunities lie ahead for both providers and payers with respect to at-risk contracting and the following five essential building blocks of population health: Population risk evaluation. Network optimization. Quality and safety improvement. Cost reduction. Infrastructure development.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Burton
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D006304:Health Status; D014481:United States