By Hannah Nelson
December 12, 2023 – The Regenstrief Foundation has awarded LOINC and Health Data Standards at Regenstrief Institute a $4.4 million grant to support a global initiative to standardize social determinants of health (SDOH)…
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By Sara Heath
November 28, 2023 – Racial discrimination is linked with increased hypertension risk, illustrating the concept of weathering in healthcare, and for Black women with college degrees or higher, it’s even worse, according to…
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Christine Lee, Head of Health Partnerships at AnalyticsIQ
Understanding the multifaceted dimensions of patient wellness goes beyond the medical symptoms presented in a clinical setting. In order to maximize positive patient outcomes, healthcare providers must…
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Laura Young from San Diego Health Connect reveals a game-changing development: their integration with 211 San Diego, a provider of Social Services and Community Information Exchange. This strategic union aims to amplify both organizations’…
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Dallas-based Pieces Technologies, a healthcare generative AI company for care teams, announced it incorporated Amazon Web Services’ genAI offerings to create Sculpted AI, a technology that can tailor to health systems’ specifications and embeds…
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The recent turn to a more holistic health care system—such as the interest in dealing with social determinants of health, covered in a recent SDoH series on this site—places a new urgency on connecting patients…
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Navigating the Telehealth Regulatory LabyrinthBy Sheeza Hussain
Sheeza Hussain is chief growth officer of SteadyMD of St. Louis, MO.
Telehealth has the potential to amplify its impact on healthcare access while further reducing…
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Millions of Americans live in rural areas, and a growing number of them are older adults who may want to age in place.
More than 20 percent of the U.S. nonmetro population consisted of adults…
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By creating food and nutrition insecurity screening within Tufts Medicine’s Epic electronic health record and patient engagement system, the new Tufts University Food is Medicine Institute in Boston and its team of medical, science,…
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By Hannah Nelson
October 26, 2023 – While the majority of Americans are comfortable with social determinants of health (SDOH) information sharing for treatment purposes, four in 10 individuals nationwide report some level of unease with this…
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