"Population health initiatives are attempting to shift the focus of healthcare from simply treating sick people to proactively keeping entire populations of people well, while at the same time reducing costs of delivering care. In order to achieve these goals, providers are being forced to pay attention to patient satisfaction metrics and are beginning to provide healthcare services in more comfortable and convenient environments. This means diverting many traditional non-acute healthcare services away from the acute care setting and into comfortable and easily accessible buildings in the neighborhoods where their patients live and work."  MORE >>