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As value-based care becomes the primary focus of healthcare organizations, providers now need to broach Population Health Management and to manage it with risk stratification with a delicate balance. It is now important for providers to focus on patients’ individual and distinct health signs and take decisions to take their journey forward to better and quality health.

2017 is here! As much as the last year was packed with surprises for the healthcare industry, a lot of them are expected this year too. President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the 21st Century Cures Act is law and MACRA redefines the terms of the healthcare industry. Many will concur, we are headed for significant changes in this year. As 2017 comes, here are some major things to look forward in US healthcare space:

Physicians are the ones anchoring the ship of healthcare in a sea of variables. Technological advancements are as they may, one cannot elude the touch and presence of a physician in healthcare. Everyone admits that healthcare needs to be fixed, but that would require a radical transformation where doctors would be the central players. Doctors have been known to approach their work with energy and enthusiasm and are responsible for at least 75% of all quality and cost-related decisions.

Another year comes to an end and one can say 2016 has been a rollercoaster of a year for the healthcare industry. We saw revolutionary developments, rattling news and understated excitement ruling the system in this year. As 2017 is about to come, let us look back at top 10 things that changed and what to look ahead for in 2017.

The population in the United States is extremely diverse – people from different communities, countries, ages and socioeconomic backgrounds are all living there – diversity is everywhere. This composition is going to defines how U.S. healthcare is and the way people are covered under it. The notion of a single-mold health plan has been all but rendered moot. Hospitals and other healthcare required to constantly assess the changing population and their changing needs to deliver the best care.

In the words of W. Edwards Deming, “Every system is perfectly designed to achieve the results it gets.” This is one of the most agreeable statements in the healthcare industry, and the most certain way to change health care is to change how the system works, improve quality and contain costs. To guide these improvements in healthcare space, we need to learn from the past, predict future, and quantify the concept of ‘good care.’