COVID-19 death rates in the US are correlated with patients’ age, race, socioeconomic status, and other social determinants of health data, according to a study led by researchers at the MIT...
Across the healthcare landscape, it is widely understood but rarely confessed that not all care is delivered equally.
In an ideal world – or just a fairer one – the medical industry would be able to seamlessly address an...
The social determinants of health have become a household term in the healthcare industry’s vernacular, with leaders and organizations aiming to address these influences to provide more...
With the healthcare industry steadily moving toward more holistic, preventive care delivery, health systems have increasingly recognized the critical role the social determinants of health play in the...
County-level data collected during the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed staggering racial and ethnic disparities in care, with the virus disproportionately impacting black and Hispanic populations....
Regenstrief Institute has developed a big data dashboard to help the state of Indiana track and respond to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) is working to standardize the collection of social determinants of health data to help advance precision medicine and inform new treatments.
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The UC San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine Dean’s Office of Population Health and Health Equity has launched a new interactive mapping website that curates publicly available community data,...
In the time since the COVID-19 outbreak has escalated to a full-blown global pandemic, buzzwords like artificial intelligence, population health management, and the social determinants of health have...
An individual’s social determinants of health can provide valuable information about a person’s potential risk of heart disease, but these non-clinical factors are often overlooked,...
Individuals living in areas of greater deprivation and rurality had lower rates of recommended cancer screening, reflecting the significant impact the social determinants of health have on care access,...
Black and Hispanic pediatric patients fared worse than non-Hispanic white patients during brain cancer treatment and follow-up, indicating that racial disparities have a significant impact on...
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are using artificial intelligence to reveal cellular distinctions between black and white patients with prostate cancer, and have received $3.2 million in...
Genetics and community-level social determinants may interact to have a positive or negative impact on individuals’ cognitive health, a team from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) recently...
Across the healthcare landscape, it is now widely understood that the social determinants of health (SDOH) have a major impact on health outcomes, care quality, and medical costs.
An...
Higher rural mortality at the state level is strongly linked to socioeconomic status, patient care access, and lack of health insurance, indicating that changes in state and federal policies could...
A team from the University of Virginia (UVA), together with researchers from dozens of institutions around the world, will address and reduce care disparities by sequencing the genes of people across...
Researchers from Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine examined socioeconomic data and found that premature mortality, or death occurring before age 65, is three to eight times...
A machine learning algorithm accurately predicted inpatient and emergency department (ED) utilization using only publicly available social determinants of health (SDOH) data, showing that it’s...
While the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has taken measures to reduce care disparities, incomplete or inaccurate race and ethnicity data hinder the organization’s ability to effectively...
