Social Determinants of Health
Also in this weekly roundup of health care news: a Chicago suburb leads the nation in eliminating veteran homelessness, and medical schools crawl toward more enrollment diversity.
Providence Alaska Medical Center, Alaska Regional Hospital and Alaska Native Medical Center teamed up with Catholic Social Services to lend a hand to patients without homes, and Langhorne, Pa.-based St. Mary Medical Center uses a multifaceted approach to embed access to healthy, fresh food in its…
I am grateful for the time and commitment that people working and volunteering in hospitals and health systems give to their communities every day.
However, there’s still much to do.
The AHA commended the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation for adopting a holistic approach to examining the links between social risk factors, health care outcomes and value-based payment programs.
AHA shares insights on addressing social risk factors with the Department of Health and Human Services
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar today previewed the agency’s plans to better address social determinants of health.
Racial disparities in heart attack mortality rates may be explained by differences in sociodemographic characteristics, and not race alone, according to a new study.
Also in this roundup of health care news: Carilion Clinic uses analytical workflow tools that take social determinants into consideration and measure clinical staff’s workflow; AI continues to help physicians; and the surprising lack of insight around ovarian cancer.
Hospitals are focusing on nutrition to care for all needs of their patients, sending them home with prescriptions as well as bags of healthy food.