Improving population health on the frontline – a patient’s view

Document first published:: 8 January 2020
Page updated:: 8 January 2020
Topic:: Integrated care, Personalised care
Publication type:: Case study

Steve and Michele Bryan, a couple with type 2 diabetes, have seen great benefits to their health after professionals in the Berkshire West Integrated Care System used a Population Health Management (PHM) approach to understand their issues and offer them more personalised care options.

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Now, they have reduced their blood sugars and are better engaged with their self-care. PHM helps us understand our current, and predict our future, health and care needs so we can offer more personalised care, design more joined up and sustainable health and care services, and make better use of public resources.