Population Health Management

Graduates of the Basin’s high schools and colleges are going places, and Cord VanRiper is no exception. On Saturday, VanRiper will be among six Oregon Tech graduates awarded the nation’s first bachelors degrees in Population Health Management (PHM), and he will also be awarded a degree in Health Sciences.

Managing the health of Oregon’s diverse populations across clinical, social, and environmental arenas has spurred both challenges as well as innovative, collaborative strategies to improve health and wellbeing.

Faculty at Oregon Tech have received more than $700,000 in grant awards since July 1

Students in Geomatics and Population Health Management fuse their study techniques with community health in Klamath County

Population health management is about keeping people out of the hospital- by helping people manage chronic illness, prevent disease and disability, and investing in the community conditions that support the well-being of everyone