by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
The quality of health care for minority children in the United States is universally worse than it is for white children, even after accounting for insurance coverage, an analysis of dozens of recent studies found. The findings, which come from an analysis of more...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
A new study finds that generative AI models can identify social determinants of health (SDOH) in doctors’ notes. SDOH are major drivers of health outcomes, but these factors are notoriously under-documented in existing EHR structured data. While a subset of billing...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
Uber Health and analytics company Socially Determined are collaborating to help providers and payers link patients with resources like rides to medical appointments and grocery and prescription medication delivery. The two companies are partnering to bring an...
by Jessica Casebolt | Sep 11, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
Health systems are screening more patients for social determinants of health, but distrustful patients and a lack of resources hinder progress. Patients may feel shame or worry about the potential consequences of revealing that their living situations are precarious...
by Jessica Casebolt | Sep 11, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
Kaiser Permanente has launched a multichannel support center to better address the social needs of members and nonmembers. The Community Support Hub is a self-service online directory of community resources and also includes a call center for referral assistance. The...
by Jessica Casebolt | Sep 11, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
The Physicians Foundation has opened applications for a grant award and fellowship program aimed at helping drive awareness and best practices around the social determinants of health (SDOH). A 2022 survey by the organization found that more than 6 in 10 doctors feel...
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