Originally titled Developing Performance Metrics and Evaluation Strategies in Population Health, this course was initially developed for the Curriculum in 2020.  The course provided effective, actionable, and practical ways to identify and utilize performance metrics and population-level evaluation strategies to evaluate health improvement programs to accelerate health system(s) transformation. In accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM), courses offered as enduring material must be reviewed and re-released every three years to ensure the content is up-to-date and accurate. To meet the standards set forth by ACCME, this course has been revised in 2023 to incorporate up-to-date evidence-based information, references, data, graphics, language, and case studies. 

This revitalized course will cover the development and use of performance metrics to guide the transformation of systems-based care toward improvements in population health. To better address health disparities, measures will be considered through a health equity lens. Evaluation strategies that incorporate these insights will improve health for all by working “upstream” to promote prevention and better disease management. Three case examples will demonstrate how performance metrics may be used to guide effective population health strategies and interventions. 

ACPM defines health systems transformation as: ‘systems-based approaches to improving population, community, and individual health by incorporating and addressing the social determinants of health and increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare’.