Social determinants of health are major contributors to health inequity and rising healthcare costs in vulnerable populations such as Medicaid beneficiaries. Healthcare innovators are building ...
A state-funded organization in New York builds partnerships between healthcare providers and social care providers. A New York­–based organization is pioneering a novel approach to help healthcare ...
Generative AI models can identify social determinants of health (SDOH) in doctors’ notes, a new study finds. SDOH like housing and income are major drivers of health outcomes. But these factors are ...
The HIMSS Electronic Health Records Association recently analyzed how healthcare organizations collect social determinants of health information. While EHRA's Social Determinants of Health and Health ...
The University of Rochester Medical Center is banking (literally) on a new strategy for extending its telehealth network into rural areas of New York. In a partnership with Five Star Bank, Verizon, ...
On July 15th, as many as 14 million Americans risk losing their Medicaid coverage if the nation’s public health emergency isn’t extended. Not only will that have a devastating effect on those ...
The term health equity has found its way into business plans, patient-facing documents, regulations, initiatives, and the news. A recent Deloitte report noted that over 80% of c-suite executives ...
Calculating a social score is feasible and it predicts cardiovascular outcomes. In order to do this, institutions have to collect social determinants of health. Objectives: Cardiovascular disease (CVD ...
Incorporating data from functional status assessments, we developed a Medicaid payment model for long-term services and supports in a community-dwelling population of older adults. Objectives: The ...