A recent study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) discovered a link between socioeconomic status and cardiovascular risk, making clear the need to better understand the social determinants of...
In order to establish a US National Cancer Control Plan, government organizations will need to access big data, including social, clinical, and behavioral information, as well as artificial...
Organizations will have to adopt ethical standards in order to effectively collect and address individuals’ social determinants of health data, according to a group of stakeholders led by the...
Precision medicine could hold the key to more targeted, personalized care delivery, better outcomes, and diminished health disparities, but in order to turn these visions into reality, researchers have...
Regenstrief Institute will host a pilot grant program and solicit ideas for how to use data to solve the opioid crisis, the organization announced at its Opioid Collaboratory.
At the meeting of nearly...
One-third of patients in the US frequently or occasionally struggle with the social determinants of health, with individuals stressed about providing for their families’ housing, food,...
By now, it seems that every player in the healthcare industry recognizes the impact social determinants have on overall health.
The circumstances in which individuals live, work, and play have a...
With the healthcare industry embracing a comprehensive, holistic approach to patient care, more organizations are seeking to improve their population health management efforts. While providers, payers,...
Although most Medicare ACOs are leveraging data analytics to inform their care coordination and population health efforts, many are also struggling with issues of data completeness and collection,...
Individuals’ social determinants of health, including education level, income, diet, and exercise, were strongly associated with the development of a chronic disease, suggesting that providers...
A pragmatic, system-based intervention decreased racial disparities in cancer treatment and outcomes for black patients with early-stage breast cancer.
In a five-year study conducted at the University...
CMS is taking a data-driven approach to helping healthcare providers address the social determinants of health.
With targeted ICD-10 codes and deeper dives into Medicare and Medicaid data, the...
Kaiser Permanente has announced that it will partner with Community Solutions to leverage real-time data about the social determinants of health (SDOH) to end chronic homelessness in 15...
Big data is everywhere in the healthcare industry. From images, socioeconomic data, and lab tests to clinical notes, medical device readouts, prescription drug information, more data is streaming...
New Jersey’s poorest zip codes have the highest rates of individuals with chronic diseases seeking care in emergency rooms, showing a strong link between the social determinants of health and...
Forty-seven percent of registered nurses (RNs) named opioid abuse as one of the top three healthcare crises that will have the worst impact on population health in the next five years, a recent survey...
The Humana Foundation has announced plans to invest nearly $7 million in 9 organizations that are committed to addressing the social determinants of health, including food security, social connection,...
As the healthcare industry continues its slow and steady shift to holistic care, more organizations are beginning to understand that they must integrate socioeconomic data into their analytics and...
To improve population health and increase care access among minority patients, organizations should implement data-driven strategies and identify the unique challenges within specific communities, Cara...
The American Medical Association (AMA) has enhanced its Health Workforce Mapper tool with updated population health data to further improve patient access to care.
The tool, which allows users to see...
