Healthcare providers collect, manage and store large amounts of data daily, but whether that data is used to optimize care delivery is still a work in progress.
Take the collection of social determinants of health…
Rural communities across the U.S. are facing an increasing healthcare crisis due to shortages in healthcare providers and facilities, especially as the nursing shortage continues throughout the country. One way people in these rural…
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SDOH Explorer, a tool developed by Innovaccer, is being used by CareAbout to analyze and monitor the impacts of social determinants of health (SDOH) on patients. It integrates SDOH data into patient records and…
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By Hannah Nelson
June 19, 2023 – EHR integration of nursing classifications could help drive health equity through enhanced social determinants of health (SDOH) documentation, according to an article published in JAMIA.
Researchers mapped three standardized nursing…
Healthcare data expert Mohamed Humaidi, senior vice president of data and analytics at the New York and Florida-based health coordinator CareAbout, broke down how clinical practices and health systems can enhance and streamline the…
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Pear Suite, a digital health company for community health workers, is partnering with OutCare Health, a nonprofit organization focused on LGBTQ+ health equity, to provide Pear’s social navigation platform to employers, healthcare organizations, and…
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By Hannah Nelson
June 14, 2023 – Mercy Health has released a Community Health Data Hub to provide public health stakeholders, community organizations, and residents access to county-level health data.
Stakeholders can download data from the hub…
Uber Health announced that payers and providers nationwide can soon use the same platform they may already use for non-emergency medical transportation and prescription delivery to order and deliver other covered items directly to…
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Kaiser Family Foundation health equity researchers took a deep dive into 2021 American Community Survey data to examine how demographics, health coverage and other social determinants of health drive health and healthcare for Asian…
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Dr. Ala Stanford, founder of the Black Doctors Covid-19 Consortium, said she has saved more lives in a parking lot than she ever saved as a surgeon in the operating room.
She made this statement…
