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Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the nonmedical factors that contribute to the health of an individual – where you are born, where you work, your income, your age, your race, your religion, etc. And by nature, humans are social creatures. This means there is a pretty good overlap of SDOH with population health.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 1, 2023
San Bernadino Public Health knows that monitoring the mosquito population benefits community health directly. This is why the public health team is tracking mosquitos breeding areas and leveraging GIS technology to better coordinate mosquito control efforts in order to prevent the spread of disease.
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Bill of Health
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
One of the most important lessons from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic needs to be about health surveillance of marginalized health populations — indeed, “who counts depends on who is counted.”. As history has shown, lack of transparency and inadequate surveillance will lead to horrific outcomes and death.
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 16, 2023
It’s always been pretty obvious that factors such as wealth, race, education, and the quality of food and water have enormous impacts on health. Given that the field is increasingly digitized and data-driven, health IT is responsible for collecting and analyzing social determinants of health (SDoH).
Health Populi
OCTOBER 12, 2021
and the issue of pandemic preparedness for the next “Disease X” became part of global public health planning. But the biggest health threat to human life is climate change, according to a new report from the World Health Organization titled The Health Argument for Climate Action.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 12, 2019
Magellan Health, a healthcare payer organization in Scottsdale, Arizona, needed to address adherence to oral medication therapy. Caroline Carney, chief medical officer at Magellan Health Rx management. “For me, the greatest driving factor here is providing support to ensure the best health outcome. THE PROBLEM.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 17, 2020
In a hearing this week, members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions asked how many of those changes should be made permanent – and how to make sure the most vulnerable won't get left behind. At UVA, she said, "we saw a greater than 9,000% increase in the use of telehealth. Tina Smith, D-Minn.
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