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 ...

If you’ve spent any time in healthcare leadership or management, you know that patient outcomes hinge on more than just clinical care. Social determinants of health (SDoH)—everything from housing ...

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, ...

With the shift to value-based care, many healthcare providers are discovering a more direct focus on addressing social determinants of health is a way to tackle some of the root causes of illness, ...

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 ...

A panel discussion during World Health Care Congress 2019 discussed the importance of quantifying and communicating the return on investment (ROI) for social determinants of health (SDOH) initiatives.

Currently, nearly 300 million Americans score below proficient in health literacy and this crucial shortcoming is pervasive among the entire continuum of age, race, vulnerability and income. And ...