Many healthcare workers experience social determinants of health, with new data published in Health Affairs particularly outlining disparities in food insecurity between healthcare support staff and...
It’s easy for health equity work to devolve into a bit of analysis paralysis, leaving even the best-intentioned people stuck questioning how to progress forward, according to Kulleni Gebreyes,...
People living in states lifting eviction moratoria face an increased risk for COVID0-19 12 weeks after the ban’s end, a trend researchers said could worsen COVID-19 health disparities.
The data,...
A medical transportation partnership between Uber Health and the Texas Medicaid program is set to expand access to care to nearly 4.4 million people, helping to address transportation as a leading...
Older adults living in low-income or otherwise disadvantaged neighborhoods become disabled about two years before those living in more affluent areas, underscoring how neighborhood—and its link...
Only about six in ten non-profit hospitals are completing a community health needs assessment (CHNA) and publicly reporting the results and corresponding action plan online, according to data published...
For South Texas Physician’s Alliance, social determinants of health referral has been a learning experience.
The organization, which has joined providers across the country in efforts to address...
Providing an additional $40 per month to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries for the purchase of fruits and vegetables was associated with healthier eating habits and a...
As the medical industry shifts toward more team-based care, healthcare organizations need to seriously consider the role of advanced practice practitioners.
Advanced practice practitioners (APPs)...
Healthcare organizations working to build out community health partnerships to boost health equity and address social determinants of health need to ensure they are on the same page as those with whom...
Tackling care disparities and social determinants of health calls for policy interventions centered on health equity, economic mobility, access to care, affordable housing, safe learning environments,...
There is a direct connection between social determinants of health (SDOH), like poverty and lack of health insurance, and care access issues and poor health outcomes for HIV patients, according to a...
In a past life working as a nurse, Sherry Norquist, MSN, ACM, remembers going through her Rolodex when one of her patients presented with social determinants of health referral needs. She’d...
For elderly Mexican Americans living in neighborhoods with low English-speaking proficiency, language isolation can lead to care access issues, poor health outcomes, and higher mortality rates,...
After a year of identifying and understanding how health disparities and social determinants of health are affecting patient outcomes, it’s time for the medical community to take action toward...
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...
By now, most of healthcare is on the same page about the social determinants of health. These factors related to where patients work, live, and play can have a profound impact on their ability to...
Green space, an increasingly recognized social determinant of health, has been linked to lower racial health disparities related to the novel coronavirus, according to researchers from the University...
Rideshare company Lyft has developed a patient-facing non-emergency medical transportation system, Lyft Pass for Healthcare, that would let patients schedule and obtain their own rides to appointments,...
Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) people living in southeast Michigan who report unfair treatment are more likely to face social determinants of health, such as food insecurity, that lead to poor...
