Idaho Healthcare Summit Status of Health Care in Idaho
Health Care System Health care is in a state of massive change. The change is transforming how care will be delivered Drivers of change: Payment reform Performance measurement Transparency
Provider Structure Changes Team care Patient Centered Medical Home Network based care Care delivered by a set of practices that are attributed a population
State Findings 2017 Strengths Challenges Low levels of air pollution Low violent crime rate Low preventable hospitalization rate Decrease obesity from 28.9% to 27.4% Decreased smoking from 17.2% to 14.5% Lower number of primary care providers High incidence of Salmonella Large disparity in health status by educational attainment Increase mental distress from 9.3% to 10.7%
Idaho Health Ranking By County County Health Rankings is based on measures of how long people live and how health people feel. Less color intensity indicates better performance
Trend: Drug Deaths Idaho vs National Drug Related Deaths Trend: Drug Deaths Idaho vs National Age adjusted number of deaths due to drug injury United Health Care Health Rankings - Idaho
Cancer Death
Mental Distress Rate* *Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Mental Distress Indicator 2nd leading cause of death for Idahoans age 15-34 and for males age 10-14. (The leading cause of death is accidents.) • Idaho is consistently among the states with the highest suicide rates.
Provider Shortage
Access to Health Care
About 34% of rural hospitals in Idaho in the red