January 22, 2024- The collective approach toward public health efforts significantly changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The impacts of the pandemic saw new and unconventional partnerships form between health systems and public health organizations, with the organizations working together toward improved health outcomes during the pandemic, according to The Common Health Coalition.
The Common Health Coalition: Together for Public Health, was formed in March of 2023 and announced on November 9, 2023 as a joint commitment to public health by five founding member organizations including the American Hospital Association, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the Alliance of Community Health Plans, the American Medical Association, and Kaiser Permanente.
The Coalition aims to translate the lessons and successes of the COVID-19 pandemic into strategies that will strengthen partnerships with public health systems.
To outline actionable strategies to further public health, The Coalition will publish four recommendations in early 2024 that focus on spearheading greater coordination between public health and healthcare systems, building shared emergency preparedness plans, establishing national standards for healthcare data that help identify health disparities, and modernizing infectious disease detection, according to The Common Health Coalition.
Read More in the latest issue of The Journal of Healthcare Contracting.