Henry Ford Health Launches Populance to Transform Patient-Centered Care
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Contributed by: Kate Gamble
Summary
Henry Ford Health has launched Populance, a nonprofit initiative focused on enhancing population health through comprehensive, patient-centered care management. In response to a recent incident involving a palliative care patient, Populance demonstrated its proactive model by quickly arranging necessary home health services. The organization consolidates care managers, nurses, and social workers to provide coordinated support, showing a 25% increase in ambulatory case management for chronic disease patients in 2024. By embedding case managers within clinics, Populance aims to improve outreach for preventive care and chronic disease management, particularly for patients transitioning from hospital settings.
