Social Determinants of Health
The AARP’s Livability Index acts as a useful tool for health care organizations and communities working on innovative, place-based solutions that improve health outcomes for all, writes Shannon Guzman, senior strategic policy advisor at the AARP Public Policy Institute.
The AHA will host a March 12 webinar on using Z codes to document social determinants of health, a valuable but underused tool for hospitals to improve the health and well-being of their patients and communities.
A study reported in JAMA Network Open looks at geographic variation in social determinants of health in the continental U.S. and found that four indices accounted for 71% of the variance in 2014.
Health care providers used Z codes to document social determinants of health for 467,136 Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in 2017, according to a new report by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
During its Rural Health Care Leadership Conference Feb. 2-5 in Phoenix, the AHA will present its 2019 Rural Hospital Leadership Award to Cody (Wyo.) Regional Health.
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State Policy Innovations (Allied Association Materials)
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