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It’s Time to Get Back to the Basics on Social Determinants
Some hospitals and health systems are taking steps to address social determinants of health (SDOH) in their communities by funding affordable housing, partnering with rideshare companies and food pantries to meet local needs. A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, however, may indicate a greater need for a more fundamental task — screening all patients for food insecurity, housing instability, utility needs, transportation needs and interpersonal violence.
Verily Integrates Licensed Clinical Team into Consumer Health App
Verily, the 10-year-old Alphabet subsidiary, recently launched a consumer-facing app that will be marketed as a free way for anyone to obtain certain care recommendations from Verily’s partner clinicians based on users’ existing medical records.
Strategic Planning Imperatives for the Path Forward
The AHA’s recently released 2021 Environmental Scan provides key data and insights on the current operational landscape and is designed to help leaders maneuver the rough road ahead.
Disruptors, Providers Invest in Health Equity
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has pledged to invest $40 million over the next three years in organizations working on improving health outcomes for underserved and underrepresented communities.
BCBSA Sets Out to Reduce Racial Disparities in Maternal Health by 50% in the Next Five Years
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) launched a national strategy on April 20 to address racial health disparities, starting with maternal health. This multiyear strategy is built on harnessing data analytics to measure and track disparities and taking programs that work for individual Blues plans and bringing them to scale.
4 Principles to Guide Your Digital Health Strategy
A panel discussion with marketing and strategy leaders from 13 health systems and Gozio Health explored best practices, successes and challenges to engage communities in a digital strategy to maximize success.
The Buzz from the 2023 AHA Leadership Summit
Here’s what experts say health systems will need to do to build a future-ready workforce, achieve health equity goals and deliver care closer to home.
5 Insights from the AHA Leadership Summit
How to plan, execute and accelerate redesigned health care dominated discussions at the recent AHA Leadership Summit in Seattle, as hospital and health system leaders, retail care providers, innovators and entrepreneurs came together to assess what’s next for the field.
Data-Driven Initiative Drives Down Disparities in Rural Health Care
Identifying the underlying factors that contribute to disparities in outcomes in vulnerable rural populations and developing strategies to address these issues remain constant challenges, but progress is being made. OSF Healthcare’s Health Equities Action Lab (HEAL) is employing a data-driven strategy to address breast cancer disparity outcomes among its Illinois patients, 65% of whom live in rural areas.
3 Data-Driven Keys to Address Health Equity
The Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas has been working with Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI), an independent collaborator, to use social needs data to identify women who are economically vulnerable and face challenges accessing care and may be at an elevated risk for breast cancer.