Social Determinants of Health

The Role of Tech Vendors in Value-Based Care Enablement

October 26, 2023 - Moving through the value-based care world presents many challenges for providers. Technology vendors can be essential to their journey. Technology is a key factor in value-based care. Automation, in particular, is increasingly critical to the advancement of value-based care. But many providers are not equipped, technologically, to support these...

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Physician-Owned Hospitals Save Big, Average Employee Healthcare Costs Grow

by Editorial Staff

Physician-owned hospitals are seeing savings, leading researchers to call for congressional support for physician-owned sites of care. However, employee costs are growing in America. Premiums for...

Oracle Announces Generative AI Tool, Dana-Farber To Launch New Hospital

by Kelsey Waddill

In this inaugural episode of Healthcare Strategies | Headlines, we dive into new technologies, partnerships, and data. Oracle has announced a new generative AI model that integrates voice commands into EHRs. The tool will be available...

Healthcare Compliance, Patient Access to Information Prove Costly

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Today’s roundup includes HIPAA violations, telehealth trends, and efforts to ensure equitable access to care. UnitedHealthcare Settles HIPAA Right of Access Case for $80K UnitedHealthcare...

Understanding the Role of Medical Schools in Medical Workforce Diversity

by Sara Heath

The health equity push is permeating all aspects of the medical industry, with even medical schools looking at how it can improve its recruitment tactics to make for medical workforce...

How Specialty Pharmacies Can Improve and Personalize Patient Care

by Alivia Kaylor

By employing personalized care strategies and solidifying partnerships, specialty pharmacies can improve patient outcomes, enhance satisfaction, and improve the quality of life for patients with rare...

The Pitfalls, Opportunities of Social Determinants of Health Philanthropy

by Kelsey Waddill

Philanthropic efforts can provide a needed boost to disadvantaged communities, but payers that want to offer this kind of support to lessen social determinants of health barriers should be wary of...

How to Establish an Industry Collaboration Team to Pursue Industrywide Goals

by Kelsey Waddill

Partnership in the healthcare industry can be fraught due to competing interests and competition within segments of the industry, but when a healthcare organization creates internal industry...

Exploring Rideshare as an SDOH, Value-Based Care Solution

by Sara Heath

As the national healthcare industry works to address social determinants of health, rideshare companies like Lyft and its medical offshoot Lyft Healthcare assert how they can fill not just...

Primary Care Physician Turnover Tied to Increased Healthcare Spending

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

The continued strain on the healthcare system is driving physicians out of practice and new findings suggest that primary care physician turnover has a large financial effect on healthcare...

Care Gaps Among Seniors Remain Prevalent, Warrant Action

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Senior populations are more vulnerable to severe infection from COVID-19, but they also face health risks due to delayed or foregone care during the pandemic. A Third of Seniors Experiencing Impact of...

How Employers Can Address Employee Social Determinants of Health

by Kelsey Waddill

Employers who leverage demographic data to address social determinants of health needs among their employees are not just doing their employees a favor, they are adopting a strategy that could reduce...

CVS Health to Leverage Community Reach to Expand Clinical Trial Access

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

A recent collaboration between CVS Health and Medable looks to make use of the former’s influence in numerous communities to spur greater participation in clinical trials among hard-to-reach...

Healthcare Workforce Shortages to Likely Continue for Next Few Years

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Healthcare talent shortages are expected to remain an ongoing challenge for healthcare organizations as a strained workforce looks for greener pastures elsewhere, barring significant changes to...

How Telephonic Remote Patient Monitoring Makes a Real Difference

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Healthcare organizations are looking at a combination of technology and community partnerships to remove obstacles in the way of underserved populations from accessing and benefitting from...

Overall Telehealth Use Decreases, But Telemental Care Increases

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

The pandemic continues to wear on the psyche, increasing stress, fatigue, and a general sense of malaise. But telehealth is removing obstacles to mental healthcare. Telehealth Use Dips Overall,...

Epic Partnership Looks to Streamline Payer Health Data Exchange

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Mergers, acquisitions, collaborations, and partnerships are commonplace to kick on the new year. Health Systems Merge to Create 3rd Largest System in Illinois NorthShore University HealthSystem and...

Temporary Staff Key to Addressing Healthcare Staffing Crisis

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Temporary medical professionals are helping the healthcare industry paper over the cracks caused by the pandemic's strain on providers, putting in doubt the industry's ability to restore...

Rare Disease Has an Outsize Effect on Medicaid Spending, Utilization

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Despite increased utilization and spending under Medicare, individuals with sickle cell disease are not seeing a reduction in mortality rates. Low-Income Areas Tied to Poor Care Access,...

Senior Patient Access to Care Suffers Under COVID-19 Restrictions

by Sara Heath

Seniors are reporting patient access to care issues from during the pandemic’s earliest days that outpace problems in any other similarly developed nation, while healthcare organizations from...

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