As part of a growing body of standards for healthcare, the ability for providers to access and understand the social determinants of the health of their patients to raise and achieve equity requires enough…
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Spurred by the pandemic, the movement to decentralize healthcare has taken off in the past few years. Patients now have an array of digital tools to help them manage their chronic conditions at home,…
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Diabetes disproportionately affects Medicaid patients compared to the general public, with Medicaid beneficiaries having higher rates of poor diabetes management, worse glycemic outcomes and more barriers to receiving care, according to the Center for…
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What You Should Know:
– The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has taken a bold step towards improving care for individuals with both mental health conditions and substance use disorders (SUD), announcing the…
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Many organizations are focusing their healthcare IT and clinical investments on Social Determinants of Health. This could include configuring patient portals to gather relevant information, enhancing EHR workflows to allow clinicians to view and…
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Syra Health, a healthcare technology company that provides tools to analyze population health, announced it signed a one-year $480,000 contract to assess how existing risks to public health in Indiana impact public health infrastructure…
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What You Should Know:
– Akron-based Summa Health and General Catalyst’s Health Assurance Transformation Corporation (HATCo) have announced a planned acquisition that promises to reshape healthcare delivery in the region.
– This strategic acquisition marks the…
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Proper coordination between the data analytics and clinical teams is essential to bridge care gaps, says R. Hal Baker, senior vice president and chief digital and information officer at WellSpan Health.AI-powered solutions are supporting…
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New research was published this month showing racial disparities in obesity care and underscoring the need for a more holistic, community-based approach to weight loss treatment. The study found that even though services like…
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Social determinants of health (SDoH) play a critical role in patient outcomes, yet their documentation is often missing or incomplete in the structured data of electronic health records (EHRs). Large language models (LLMs) could…
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