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Social factors like income and housing impact health. Data empowers healthcare professionals to: - Identify disparities in communities. - Target interventions based on needs. - Advocate for policies promoting health equity. Read more to understand using data to understand Social Determinants of Health!

Social factors like income and housing impact health. Data empowers healthcare professionals to: - Identify disparities in communities. - Target interventions based on needs. - Advocate for policies promoting health equity. Read more to understand using data to understand Social Determinants of Health!

Two recent unrelated studies published in Health Affairs Scholar revealed that Z-codes are being vastly underutilized. Understanding and addressing social determinants of health is imperative to achieving health equity. We researched 10 of our customers with an expansive dataset of 1.4 million unique patients from all claims data from 2022, finding that merely 1.28% of the total patient cohort had documented z-codes. A comprehensive strategy is needed to address the impact of social determinants of health. Learn about our other findings here: https://bit.ly/3UKS2Of #zcodes #SDOH #socialdeterminantsofhealth #HealthTech.

Social factors like income and housing impact health. Data empowers healthcare professionals to: - Identify disparities in communities. - Target interventions based on needs. - Advocate for policies promoting health equity. Read more to understand using data to understand Social Determinants of Health!

This information should come as no surprise to anyone. As Dr. Daniel Dawes described in his book “Political Determinants of Health” and we start looking upstream at the issues impacting us, our patients, our communities, like the government, voting, and policies….then those issues downstream like the SDOH will never change. This article has some really great steps at making changes. Hope we can do it…. #healthequityforall

Here's what we know - 𝟴𝟬% of a community's health outcomes are influenced by non-clinical factors and more than 𝟲𝟬% of patients deal with some form of a social or lifestyle determinant. Here's what we need to know - The identification, assessment, documentation and interventions for unmet social needs across all communities is shockingly low! Kudos to my crew @ The Garage In for putting this study together. 1.4M patients. ~18K with a documented z-code. Enough said. Time to act with an #outsidein, #datafirst, #platformbased approach that empowers symbiotic community focused initiatives. #letsdothis Experian Health Gorilla National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services #changinghealthcareforgood

Looking to elevate your understanding of health disparities? Our blog goes beyond the surface to examine how social determinants such as education attainment and housing conditions intertwine with patient outcomes. Knowledge is power in the pursuit of health equity. https://loom.ly/sGI7Kk4 #HealthEquity #SDOH #MedicalResearch

Racial and ethnic inequities in health care identified 20 years ago in the Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care report have remained largely unchanged. Urban Institute’s Unequal Treatment at 20 Initiative is addressing this stagnation by identifying promising solutions that decisionmakers, practitioners, and advocates can use to create a more equitable US health system. Efforts to address persistent inequities are influenced by and require consideration of the sociopolitical context within and outside health care. In this report from Urban, our experts explore the past and present-day sociopolitical climate and our current progress on creating a more equitable US health system. We identify several promising approaches for eliminating racial and ethnic inequities in care, including: 1. focusing on communication 2. prioritizing interventions that directly address racism and its structural drivers affecting care 3. building alliances to address the drivers of care quality both within and outside of the health care system Download the report. https://urbn.is/3UlxCeD

Mark your calendar for 4/15 @ 12 p.m. EDT and register for Urban Institute's virtual event, The Social and Political Factors of Health Inequities in the US. Join the authors of The Sociopolitical Context of the Unequal Treatment Report: Then and Now, in discussing promising solutions that decisionmakers, practitioners, and advocates can use to create a more equitable US #health system and address ongoing challenges to eliminating inequities. The groundbreaking 2003 Unequal Treatment publication by the Institute of Medicine documented evidence of pervasive racial and ethnic health inequities in the United States and highlighted the role of health care institutions in addressing these disparities. Yet not much has changed over the past 20 years, and we need to better understand the reasons behind the current state of incomplete progress. Speakers will unpack this and more. Register today. #LiveatUrban https://urbn.is/3xA5OcU

"CHEOs are champions of social determinants of health—those factors outside of medical care that influence health outcomes, such as housing, income and education. These executives recognize that achieving health equity requires a holistic approach that addresses both the symptoms of disease and the root causes of health disproportions." Chief Health Equity Officers are critical voices in understanding and changing health disparities. Great article on how they are changing the landscape of healthcare. #healthcare #leadershiplessons