{"id":21798,"date":"2017-11-13T15:07:59","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T20:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital.hbs.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/enli-leveraging-population-health-data-to-transform-health-care-delivery\/"},"modified":"2017-11-13T19:14:23","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T00:14:23","slug":"enli-leveraging-population-health-data-to-transform-health-care-delivery","status":"publish","type":"hck-submission","link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/enli-leveraging-population-health-data-to-transform-health-care-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"Enli: Leveraging Population Health Data to Transform Health Care Delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Health Care Delivery in the United States<\/strong><\/p>\n

A 2015 Commonwealth Fund study concluded that the United States \u201cspends more on healthcare, yet has a lower life expectancy and worse health outcomes, than any other high-income nation\u201d[1].\u00a0 The key cause of this issue is that the U.S. has a reactive and episodic healthcare model focused primarily on treating illnesses, rather than a holistic healthcare model that rewards doctors for preventing illness from occurring in the first place.\u00a0 In order to address this issue the United States must figure out how to decrease healthcare spending per capita while improving patient outcomes.\u00a0 The below table compares the U.S. healthcare system to those of other developed countries[2].<\/p>\n

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What if, rather than waiting for a patient to report that they have symptoms of asthma, providers had access to tools that would help them anticipate which members of their community are most susceptible to asthma based on factors such as employment industry, home location, and ethnicity?\u00a0 This would empower providers to focus on early identification and prevention, decreasing downstream costs associated with hospital stays.\u00a0 Population health solutions seek to make this a reality through a \u201cTriple Aim\u201d approach that emphasizes improving the patient care experience, decreasing per capita costs of care, and improving population health outcomes[3].\u00a0 The below diagrams illustrate the high-level differences between the traditional health care delivery chain and the emerging population health model.<\/p>\n

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Enli: The Population Health Market Leader<\/strong><\/p>\n

While population health remains an emerging service in the U.S., Enli is widely recognized as a market leader and is currently used by more than 3,300 MDs across the country[3].\u00a0 Enli has differentiated itself from its competitors by \u201ccreating a comprehensive, consolidated and meaningful patient record; helping clinicians quantify and act on clinical risk; improving the efficiency and effectiveness of care coordination; and engaging and motivating patients in their own care\u201d[4]. Enli\u2019s solution has four components that aim to transform \u201cknowledge to action\u201d[3]:<\/p>\n