CMS wants you to be able to use a standard set of quality measures for the myriad value-based care contracts you might be involved in. Dubbed the Universal Foundation, these measures are set to streamline quality reporting in different...
organizations to reduce social determinants of health barriers in under-resourced areas.
The American Heart Association, through its Social Impact Fund, will invest $400,000 in two Utah...
The medical industry is far from achieving racial health equity, according to a new report from Accenture. But it could be.
The report, which outlines some of the stark racial health disparities still...
Two preliminary investigations of long COVID are indicating that there are health disparities in the long-term illness, just as there were disparities in coronavirus infections at the start of the...
The risk of hospital readmission after a heart attack is markedly higher for Black people than White, a trend researchers said in JAMA Network Open should prompt further investigation into how systemic...
In rural America, pregnant people experience substantial health inequities, putting them at risk for maternal morbidity and mortality. New data from Michigan Medicine suggests...
Neighborhood walkability has the potential to boost physical activity and improve BMI, two key factors for addressing obesity. But neighborhood conditions like safety, another key element of...
New National Institutes of Health data adds to the literature documenting rural-urban health disparities, with this newest study finding that those living in rural regions are 19 percent more likely to...
When Colin O’Reilly, DO, FAAP, FACOP, FCCM, makes a social determinants of health referral in his pediatric hospital, he can’t just send the child and family to any social services provider. He has to make sure that social...
How long does it take to begin cancer treatment? It may depend on where you live, according to new data showing that geography can compound or mitigate racial disparities in cancer treatment...
New research out of West Virginia University revealed that granting full nurse practitioner (NP) scope of practice can foster greater workforce diversity that reflects the demographic of patient...
Less than a third of studies investigating social determinants of health interventions include race and ethnicity in their analyses, and even fewer stratify intervention outcomes by race, according to...
A new study out of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research is shedding light on the racial disparities in certain social determinants of health, particularly neighborhood and built...
New research out of the University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and the University of Michigan adds to evidence that race as a social determinant of health (SDOH) is a crucial contributor to worse...
Older patients with a history of incarceration are more likely to develop a chronic disease than those without prior incarceration, according to new research out of the University of California San...
More studies are drawing a link between social determinants of health (SDOH) food insecurity and health outcomes, with the latest in Health Affairs showing that food insecurity yielded some $2,500 in...
Medical Home Network (MHN) isn’t new to care coordination. For 14 years, the Chicago-based organization has focused on bringing care coordination into the primary care office, using community health workers to provide...
New data is shedding light on the digital divide in healthcare, with researchers from The Ohio State University revealing that it’s not just broadband access stymying connectivity for...
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....
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are increasingly recognized as influencing pediatric health and well-being into adulthood, as new data in JAMA Network Open signals that organizations that screen...
