[Solved]: Your HCO has offered free screening for all comers…

Your HCO has offered free screening for all comers at health fairs, county fairs, and similar events, with weight and body mass index, blood pressure, diabetes, prostatic cancers, and cholesterol. The health department representative on the newly formed community population health committee says, “That’s not population health; it’s care promotion. It raises community health costs without noticeably impacting disease. You should redesign the program, drop several of those tests, and make the rest age and sex specific.” What is your response? Question 5 options: 1) “Most HCOs do these programs, and they are very popular. We feel we should continue them.” 2) “You’re right, but everybody does them.” 3) “You’re wrong. Those programs save lives through early detection.” 4) “You might be right. It will take some study, but let’s work out a stronger offering.”