Social Determinants
New Entrants
Entrepreneurial health care CEOs are finding inspiration abroad
Academic researchers suggest that innovation from other countries could cut care delivery costs by up to 50 percent. Some CEOs are taking this to heart and employing lessons learned abroad here in the U.S.
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Consumerism
The data-driven vision: An interview with ChristianaCare CEO Janice Nevin
Nevin on access, affordability, digital transformation and the organization’s evolution of core values.
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Social Determinants
Outlook on Risk-Sharing for High-Cost, Complex Patients Report
Five percent of health care users represent half the costs, one percent consume a quarter. Players determined to curb health care’s ever-increasing expenses and effectively manage these high-cost, complex patients desperately need a new strategy.
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Leadership
Q&A: David Shulkin
Former VA Secretary discusses public service, lessons he learned at the department, and why he wrote a new book.
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Social Determinants
Coordinating community resources is key to changing social determinants
The social determinants of health—factors like access (or lack of it) to food, shelter and transportation, exposure to environmental contaminants, and risks from domestic or community violence—account for up to 80 percent of a person’s state of health.
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Social Determinants
Social determinants lesson #1: Providers must listen
When Mandy Cohen, MD, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, was a young resident, she saw a 24-year-old patient, commercially insured, who was losing weight and even losing her hair.
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Social Determinants
A pilot program improves outcomes by connecting care to housing needs
At a Health Evolution Summit discussion, Diane Holder shares a successful pilot program working with community resources.
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Social Determinants
Progress in addressing the needs of Medicaid and “dual-eligible” patients
A ‘thrive screen’ is helping Boston Medical Center make more informed decisions on where to intervene and invest.
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Social Determinants
New initiatives take on the social obstacles to health
Policy changes are necessary to support substantive change but in the current regulatory climate, leaders are demonstrating success with new community-based initiatives
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Social Determinants
Addressing the social determinants of health: Connecting patients with community resources
The connection between social factors and the cost of healthcare has been well-established. Food insecurity, unstable housing and social isolation are clear obstacles to delivering care efficiently for many patients.
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