Development and first steps towards implementing population health management in Belgium.

Background: Although the recent pilot projects on integrated care for the chronically ill fit within a population needs-based approach in Belgium, awareness and implementation of population health management is still limited and in its early stages. Therefore, this study aims to identify the views of Belgian stakeholders on hurdles and avenues to introduce population health management, to design a population health management approach to secondary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and to propose actionable recommendations to roll out population health management in Belgium.... Mehr ...