Health system woos medical outcomes official

FORT MYERS — Lee Health, one of the largest community nonprofit medical facilities in the region, named John Chomeau chief population health officer.

Chomeau's chief role with the health system will be to improve “population outcomes across the continuum of care,” according to a release. Chomeau will shape Lee Health's approach to value-based care, which focuses on keeping people healthy, as well as improving the health of people with chronic conditions through evidence-based, cost-effective means, the release adds.

Chomeau will also oversee the Physician Hospital Organization and Clinical Integration Network within Lee Health.