Search Tag: social determinants of health
2024 18 Mar
Social needs and social determinants of health (SDOH) are significant factors influencing clinical outcomes, yet they are often under-documented in healthcare systems' electronic health records (EHRs). Currently, the majority of data regarding social needs and SDOH challenges within EHRs are captured as unstructured medical notes rather than structured...Read more
2024 18 Mar
Social needs and social determinants of health (SDOH) are significant factors influencing clinical outcomes, yet they are often under-documented in healthcare systems' electronic health records (EHRs). Currently, the majority of data regarding social needs and SDOH challenges within EHRs are captured as unstructured medical notes rather than structured...Read more
2024 18 Mar
Social needs and social determinants of health (SDOH) are significant factors influencing clinical outcomes, yet they are often under-documented in healthcare systems' electronic health records (EHRs). Currently, the majority of data regarding social needs and SDOH challenges within EHRs are captured as unstructured medical notes rather than structured...Read more
2022 12 Apr
According to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published in the Journal of the American Heart Association , medical and surgical treatments have improved and survival but disparities driven by social determinants of health (SDOH) limit access to the lifelong specialty care needed by people with congenital heart disease. The...Read more
2019 07 Nov
Preventing a problem is always better than fixing it, especially when it comes to health. Yet, in the healthcare industry treating medical conditions still dominates their prevention. In part, this situation is rooted in patients’ data (un)availability, and particularly socioeconomic data. Clinicians often deal only with information regarding a...Read more
2019 07 Nov
Preventing a problem is always better than fixing it, especially when it comes to health. Yet, in the healthcare industry treating medical conditions still dominates their prevention. In part, this situation is rooted in patients’ data (un)availability, and particularly socioeconomic data. Clinicians often deal only with information regarding a...Read more
2019 20 Jun
As the focus on patient-centred care increases, healthcare authorities are trying their best to establish progressive programmes and policies that encourage clinicians to integrate approaches that consider patient needs first. For example, US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid have embedded policies in 2019 that offer incentives to healthcare providers...Read more