It is nearly impossible for healthcare to address its equity problem without acknowledging the role of the weathering hypothesis, a concept stating that experiences with racism and discrimination can have adverse health consequences.
With...
Food security is perhaps one of the most commonly discussed social determinants of health, with the medical and public health industries standing poised to address it.
According to Healthy People 2030, food insecurity is “a...
With the rise of patient-centered care philosophies, healthcare organizations have learned that they need to do more than order tests and administer treatments. Creating a valuable patient experience means serving the whole person, giving...
Healthcare CRM is taking the industry by storm, with medical organizations tapping customer relationship management platforms to support many of their population health needs.
These tools rose to prominence in the 1980s for consumer...
Education is a critical social determinant of health, largely because of its outsized impact on income and therefore other SDOH.
There’s some clear-cut evidence underscoring the impact education has on overall health and well-being....
Social determinants of health have become almost something of a catchall term when it comes to the non-clinical factors that impact overall well-being. But drilling that concept down further, some healthcare industry leaders are starting...
Healthcare is fully embracing the concept of consumerism, and with that comes the need for consumer and patient satisfaction—and reliable ways to measure that experience. Enter HCAHPS, or the Hospital Consumer Assessment of...
Healthcare has hit the internet age, with a growing presence on social media becoming all too familiar as the need for public health information gets greater. But within that growth has emerged a new problem: the broad accessibility of...
As part of their pursuit of understanding and addressing social determinants of health, medical professionals should also consider adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
According to data from the National Survey of Children’s...
A medical encounter rarely only involves the patient; with the rise in family engagement, most patients have at least some loved ones involved in their care, making proxy access a key feature of the patient portal.
The patient portal is...
Neighborhood is yet another in a long list of social determinants of health garnering industry attention. Neighborhood is an expansive social determinant of health that ultimately intersects with numerous other social factors, making it a...
In the healthcare industry’s effort to support health equity, another principle has come to the forefront: trauma-informed care.
Trauma-informed care is important for achieving health equity because it helps traditionally...
As the medical industry continues to understand how social determinants of health impact overall wellness, the topics of environment and climate change have come into view.
SDOH specifically refer to the environments in which individuals...
The list of health IT systems included as part of healthcare’s digital front door is growing—fast. For those catching onto the buzzword, it has become clear that unlocking that digital front door requires a curated suite of...
Medical professionals are increasingly working to build patient loyalty, in part because of the rapid rise in healthcare consumerism.
After all, consumerism in healthcare recognizes the purchasing power patients have now that...
In the era of patient-centered care, it is critical for medical institutions to collect key insights from the patient. Those insights usually include patient experience data, patient-reported outcomes (PROs), and patient-generated health...
As the medical industry begins to appreciate the diversity of the patient populations it serves—and how that diversity influences care management and outcomes—clinicians now face an...
Healthcare is more than what happens to a patient inside the four walls of a hospital or clinic; it’s what happens at home, the social services the patient does and does not access, and the...
Add yet another phrase to the list of healthcare buzzwords: omnichannel patient engagement technologies.
The rise of the health IT sector, combined with a growing appetite from patients for more...
As patient portal use and access become more commonplace in healthcare, it would be prudent for health IT leaders and clinicians alike to understand the health disparities that can also emerge with...
