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Social determinants of health reflect conditions in the environment where an individual is born, lives, works, plays and worships. These conditions have a direct impact on an individual’s range of health, functioning and quality of life. Given the recent pandemic, there has been an increase in the need to meet people where they are and to facilitate proactive healthcare. The goal is to reduce healthcare costs, address health concerns at an early stage and most importantly make healthcare access more easy, affordable and equitable.
“We are just now beginning to think about the digital future for healthcare, and we ought to be thinking about interactivity more than just interoperability if we want to make data exchange more dynamic and inclusive,” says Micky Tripathi, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.