This authoritative peer-reviewed journal delivers a comprehensive, integrated approach to the field of population health and provides information designed to improve the systems and policies that affect health care quality, access and outcomes.
Publications
Our faculty members are regular contributors to the professional literature in the field, through a variety of publication channels: books, peer-reviewed journals and our own newsletter.
In addition, the College serves as the editorial home for two national peer-reviewed journals, Population Health Management and American Journal of Medical Quality.
For more information, see the sections below.
Journals
Population Health Management
Bettina M. Beech, DrPH, Editor-in-Chief
Lisa Marshall, Managing Editor
American Journal of Medical Quality
Pranavi V. Sreeramoju, MD, MPH, MBA, Editor-in-Chief
Lisa Marshall, Managing Editor
This peer-reviewed journal keeps readers informed about the resources, processes and perspectives contributing to quality measurement and improvement, and presents a forum for the exchange of ideas, strategies and methods in the delivery of health care.
Books
Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness
David B. Nash, MD, MBA; Alexis Skoufalos, EdD, MS; Raymond Fabius, MD, FACPE; and Willie H. Oglesby, PhD, MBA, MSPH, FACHE. Jones & Bartlett Learning; 3rd edition (2020). A comprehensive forward-looking approach to population health that reflects the evolution in today’s dynamic healthcare landscape by conveying the key concepts of population health management and examining strategies for creating a culture of health and wellness in the context of health care reform.
Purchase from Jones & Bartlett Learning or Amazon.
The Healthcare Quality Book: Vision, Strategy & Tools
Edited by Elizabeth R. Ransom, MD, Maulik S. Joshi, DrPH, David B. Nash, MD, MBA, Scott B. Ransom, DO, FACHE. Health Administration Press; 4th edition (2019). This book provides the framework, strategies, and practical tactics that all healthcare leaders need as they learn, implement, and manage quality improvement efforts. The latest edition has been significantly redeveloped and reimagined, with content strategically refined to focus on what is most essential for healthcare managers.
Purchase from Health Administration Press or Amazon.
Demand Better! Revive Our Broken Healthcare System
Sanjaya Kumar, MD, MSc, MPH, and David B. Nash, MD, MBA; Second River Healthcare (2011). This is a book about debunking healthcare myths through the lens of quality. It synthesizes for the healthcare executive the many trends, initiatives, reports, organizations and policies that look beyond our healthcare myths and stand on the front lines of the quality and safety revolution.
Governance for Health Care Providers. The Call to Leadership
Edited by David B. Nash, MD, MBA, William J. Oetgen, MD, MBA, and Valerie P. Pracilio. Productivity Press (2008). Provides practical guidance for medical professionals who serve on boards of private and nonprofit healthcare institutions and delves into the complexities of governing with over-burdened systems.
Purchase from Amazon.
Practicing Medicine in the 21st Century
Edited by David B. Nash, MD, MBA, Alexandria Skoufalos, EdD, Megan Hartman MS, and Howard Horwitz, MPH. American College of Physician Executives (2006). This multi-authored book addresses various topics which are imperative for physicians getting ready to join or start their own medical practice. It serves as a good guide for residency education and trainees while providing a good knowledge base for anyone wanting to learn about medicine in the 21st Century.
Purchase from Amazon.
The Quality Solution: The Stakeholder's Guide to Improving Health Care
Edited by David B. Nash, MD, MBA, and Neil I. Goldfarb. Jones & Bartlett Publishers; edition (2006). The book informs and challenges professionals in public health, medicine, health administration, and health law to bridge the quality chasm and participate in the transformation of the healthcare system through the science of healthcare quality-measurement and improvement.
Purchase from Amazon.
Additional Publications
National Academies Publications
Our Humana Dean, Dr. Oglesby is an ex officio member of the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Several times throughout the year, members host events and publish results of focused research projects. Below is the list of publications that JCPH helped plan and support.
Economic Systems as a Structural Driver of Population Health Through the Lens of Partnerships (2025)
Population Health Matters Newsletter
Population Health Matters is a quarterly digital newsletter of the College of Population Health.