[CHI 25th Masterclass] “Best for Esther”: What Region Jönköping County teaches us about population health
15 July 2026
This article describes Region Jönköping County’s “Best for Esther” population health approach, emphasizing shared purpose, cross-boundary system collaboration, and quality improvement as a way of working. It is intended for leaders and practitioners seeking to learn how to organise care around people’s lives rather than isolated services.
Tags: Community Health, Care Continuum, Change Management, Collective Leadership, Care Process & Redesign, Population Health, System Change
📋 Purpose
To share Region Jönköping County’s population health journey and the “Best for Esther” approach as a learning invitation for others to improve how systems organise care around people’s lives.
🔬 Methods
Reflect on the shared purpose, shared system collaboration, and shared discipline of quality; study practical examples (primary care, prevention, 1177 access, municipality interfaces, and improvement methods) and apply the underlying shifts (services-to-lives, organisations-to-one system, projects-to-quality-as-a-way-of-working).
🔑 Keywords
population health, Best for Esther, shared purpose, shared system view, quality as strategy, quality improvement, Model for Improvement, balanced scorecards, dashboards, gemba walks, flow committees, 1177 service, primary care first, municipalities, regional development, transport, preventive health, leadership development, Esther person-centered care, access to care
🙏 Acknowledgement
Authored by Vanessa Audris Lim; Layout by Germaine Tan; Speakers: Jane Ydman, Mats Bojestig, Peter Häyhänen (Region Jönköping County).
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Document Attachment
CHI 25th Masterclass - Region Jonkoping County [PDF, 258.58 KB]