What You Should Know:
- Welltok survey reveals social determinants of health (SDOH) are becoming increasingly valuable during the COVID-19 pandemic for providers and health plans. It’s important they know what kind of lifestyle and environmental factors consumers are up against during social distancing and preventing the spread of the virus
- Welltok survey of more than 2,000 adults finds consumers don’t know what SDOH to share with their provider for optimal care
As the COVID-19
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How AI-Driven Insight Could Fuel Medicare Advantage Success
Emad Rizk, M.D., President, CEO & Chairman of the Board, Cotiviti
Medicare Advantage plans need more than consumer-centric design, payer/provider alignment, and strong connections across the continuum of care to drive value. The high-value performance also depends on their ability to use data to make a meaningful difference in members’ health.
With 11,000 people aging into Medicare daily, proficiency in managing Medicare Advantage populations is critical for demonstrating value in a
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Sharecare Creates Free Embeddable COVID-19 Chatbot Screener
What You Need to Know
- Sharecare creates a free interactive, clinically validated COVID-19 screener -- that can be embedded on any organization’s website as a tool to initially screen for a person’s risk of COVID-19.
- The screener is a dynamic COVID-19 consult algorithm based on clinical guidelines from the CDC, WHO and other major medical organizations as well as primary research studies from medical literature.
- Sharecare has partnered with NTT DATA on this interactive
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Why COVID-19 Underscores The Importance of Social Determinants of Health
Google “Social Determinants of Health” and one will quickly discover a kind of litany of data pointing to a certain definition of “health” defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being not merely the absence of disease or infirmity,” and socioeconomic barriers, which may prohibit equitable access to good health and wellness (Healthcare) more completely among diverse populations.
Nevertheless, the heart of the matter
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Understanding and Alleviating Social Isolation Among Older Adults
David Inns, CEO, GreatCall
Social isolation and loneliness among older adults are common and far-reaching issues that have been linked to serious health concerns including depression, cognitive decline, and poor physical health. A recent study found 52 percent of older adults age 65 and older experience feelings of loneliness a few times a year, and 21 percent reported feeling lonely every day. With evidence of social isolation and loneliness among older adults being as unhealthy as smoking
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Addressing Loneliness and Social Isolation in the Medicare Population
Anne Davis, Director of Quality Programs and Medicare Strategy at HMS
In recent years, the healthcare industry's understanding of social determinants of health (SDoH) and their impact on patient outcomes has grown dramatically. Researchers and practitioners now recognize that social isolation and loneliness fall under the SDOH umbrella. In response, many payers and providers are exploring initiatives to address social isolation among members and patients.
The health effects of social
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COVID-19 Forecast Dashboard Predicts Peak Hospital Admissions by County Level
What You Should Know:
- Today, Hospital IQ launched the COVID-19 Regional Forecast Dashboard, a free tool to help hospitals plan for the upcoming surge of COVID-19 patients.
- The Dashboard provides visibility to the county-level resource needs based on precise predictions of peak hospital admissions, bed capacity, and ventilators.
- The COVID-19 Regional Forecast Dashboard automatically aggregates data from the IHME COVID-19 model, as well as other trusted sources (COVID
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SyTrue Offers Free AI-based Solutions to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic
What You Should Know:
- SyTrue offers its free AI-based solutions free of charge to qualified global public health organizations to help researchers and governments battling the COVID-19 pandemic
- SyTrue has developed solutions that enable identification of disease trends, early detection, and interventions, safety-monitoring of medicinal therapies, COVID-19 knowledge extraction, and accelerated identification of patient cohorts.
The solution will support efforts to identify
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New COVID-19 Community Vulnerability Map Uses Social Determinants of Health to Identify Populations At Greater Risk
What You Should Know:
- Jvion Launches COVID-19 Community Vulnerability Map to identify the social determinants of health (SDOH) that put populations at greater risk, informing community planning and resource allocation to proactively mitigate the risk to vulnerable populations.
- The Community Vulnerability Map allows users to search and drill down into communities to view populations most vulnerable for severe outcomes if infected with a COVID-like virus and the socioeconomic
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COVID-19 Vulnerability Index Identifies Urban Populations at High Risk
What You Should Know:
- RS21 has developed the Urban Health Vulnerability Index (UHVI) to help local governments and health planners identify urban populations at high risk for COVID-19, including older adults and people with serious medical conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes, and lung disease.
- The UHVI tool uncovers which parts of our communities could be most affected by a COVID-19 outbreak and allows local governments to anticipate where resources may be needed the
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