The National Institutes of Health has started collecting data for one initiative in their All of Us project research program, which aims to shed light on social determinants of health. The program currently has more than 350,000 participants and aims to recruit 1 million or more. The respondents will share information on their health and genetics as…
In today’s world of big data, the ability to collect, store, analyze, and move data from one place to another has become essential to business operations. Unlimited variables exist within the creation of data and it gets more complicated by storing and merging. No surprise to anyone, having access to quality, accurate, consistent, and secure data…
The federal agency responsible for developing new health care payment models wants every fee-for-service Medicare beneficiary to be getting care from a provider who’s part of an accountable care organization by 2030. That goal is laid out in a recent white paper from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), “Driving Health System Transformation—A Strategy for the CMS Innovation Center’s Second Decade.”…
Welcome to the “Lessons from the C-suite” series, featuring Advisory Board President Eric Larsen’s conversations with the most influential leaders in health care. In this edition, Dr. Steve Klasko, CEO of Jefferson Health, talks with Eric about revelations in a Barnes & Noble, navigating “principled” growth, and how he approaches health care through an “old…
People often confuse health equity with health equality, but it’s vital that healthcare professionals understand the difference. Health equality essentially means giving every person the same thing, while health equity means giving people what they need to reach the best possible outcome. This, of course, is an important distinction, as social determinants of health (SDoH) often dictate the needs…
The world has witnessed the roll out of multiple effective COVID-19 vaccines. Yet, COVID-19 continues to be an unprecedented challenge, unpinning societies, economies, and health systems. While vaccine campaigns are underway in high-income countries, there is an urgent need to ensure vaccines are prioritized for deployment in low- and middle-income countries. As new, potentially vaccine-resistant variants emerge…
Download Slides Accelerated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the digital transformation in health care is upon us. As we all look to rapidly adopt new technologies, deep integrations and interoperability become key components to help ensure seamless data exchange between patient applications and EHR systems. Mozzaz, a prominent virtual care solution provider, and CVS Health’s…
A cancer care delivery model that specifically accounts for social determinants of health not only improved overall cancer survival rates, but closed racial health disparities in cancer care outcomes, researchers reported at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting. Particularly, the healthcare delivery model—which included protocol to flag and address social determinants of health—improved cancer…
More than half of consumers are unfamiliar with value-based care, and for the ones who are aware of it, only a quarter can define the healthcare model correctly, a new study from nonprofit health plan EmblemHealth revealed. The payer surveyed 970 consumers online between August 12 and August 22, 2021, and found that there is a…
For MercyOne, digital social determinants of health screening was a clinician-led pursuit. When the Iowa-based hospital and clinic system began screening for social risk factors in 2017, its leaders were responding to pushes from providers who noted the role these factors play in overall patient health. “We’d heard from our providers that health-related social needs…