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
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 15 cigarettes per day, this is
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Addressing Loneliness and Social Isolation in the Medicare Population
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 isolation and loneliness are costly and harmful. According to Health
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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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Jvion Launches AI-Powered Social Determinants of Health Solution
What You Need to Know:
- Jvion launches Social Determinants of Health solution enabling healthcare organizations to align community resources to identify gaps and social barriers to care.
- Jvion’s Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) solution is an analytics layer, featuring an interactive map built on Microsoft Azure.
- Requiring only demographic data, healthcare organizations can drill down from zip code to census tract, block, and individual-level risk to better understand the
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Clarify Health to use LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ Socioeconomic Data
What You Need to Know:
- LexisNexis Risk Solutions, that it has partnered with Clarify Health to evaluate the predictive capability of social determinants of health and clinical data.
- The collaboration’s approach will integrate individual-level SDOH data into Clarify Health’s clinical analytical models to evaluate the quality and efficacy of the data at the point of care to help drive care management decision-making.
- Clarify Health’s analytical models help identify population
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Catholic Medical Partners Taps Innovaccer to Deliver Value-Based Care to IPA
- Innovaccer has recently partnered with Catholic Medical Partners (CMP), the largest Independent Physician Association (IPA) in Buffalo, New York to empower the IPA to deliver value-based care and help healthcare care as one.
- CMP is the largest network of physicians in the entire region, comprised of nearly 1,000 primary and specialty care providers in Erie and Niagara counties.
- With Innovaccer as their latest partner, CMP will have new access to unique, longitudinal patient 360
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