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Salesforce Brings Social Determinants of Health Data to Caregivers

by Fred Pennic 02/11/2019 Leave a Comment

Salesforce Brings Social Determinants of Health Data to Caregivers

Today at HIMSS, Salesforce announced it is expanding its healthcare offering, including new innovations that bring Social Determinants of Health data to caregivers on a single platform, tackling a key gap in modern healthcare.Salesforce Health Cloud can now easily capture SDoH data and consolidate it in a single view of a patient, allowing caregivers, home health providers, and payers to collaborate on a single platform. And with new updates to Marketing Cloud, care providers can improve
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Caradigm Sale – The Final Step in GE’s Exit From PHM/Value-based Care?

by Alex Green, Director at Signify Research 07/03/2018 Leave a Comment

Caradigm Sale – The Final Step in GE’s Exit From PHM/Value-based Care?

- On 13th June 2018, cancer informatics and digital pathology workflow vendor, Inspirata, announced that it was purchasing GE Healthcare’s remaining population health management (PHM) interest, Caradigm- This follows the announcement in April 2018 that GE Healthcare was selling its ambulatory value-based care business to Veritas Capital- This latest announcement now means that GE Healthcare has exited the population health management market from both an enterprise and ambulatory perspective- It
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Infographic: Using Social Determinants of Health Data to Generate Value

by Fred Pennic 06/08/2018 Leave a Comment

Infographic: Using Social Determinants of Health Data to Generate Value

Up until somewhat recently, socioeconomic data wasn’t part of the conversation on how best to improve health outcomes. Where people live, learn, work and play – commonly known as social determinants of health (SDOH), are today, considered essential factors for gaining a more complete picture of members – revealing how members’ daily lives impact their mental and physical health.Take Larry and Bill for example, on the surface they appear equal, they are the same age, live in a similar area, both
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AMIA Urges Lawmakers to View Broadband Access as Social Determinant of Health

by Fred Pennic 04/18/2018 Leave a Comment

AMIA Urges Lawmakers to View Broadband Access as Social Determinant of Health

In comments submitted to the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology on 4/16, the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) urged lawmakers to view broadband access as a social determinant of health, warranting a more nuanced approach to managing Internet traffic through tiered pricing, known as paid prioritization.  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has finalized a rule, effective April 23, 2018, known as the Restoring Internet Freedom Order,
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Blue Cross Expands Partnership with Lyft, Collabs with CVS & Walgreens to Send Patients to Pharmacies

by Jasmine Pennic 03/15/2018 Leave a Comment

Blue Cross Expands Partnership with Lyft, Collabs with CVS & Walgreens to Send Patients to Pharmacies

In an effort to address the community effects of social determinants of health, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) today announced a first nationwide partnership with Lyft to ensure Americans are not missing vital health care appointments simply because they lack reliable transportation.This partnership exemplifies Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s (BCBS) commitment to bringing private and public entities together to improve community health in a manner that a health care organization
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Survey: 50% of Providers Are Not Using Social Determinants of Health

by Fred Pennic 02/09/2018 Leave a Comment

Survey: 50% of Providers Are Not Using Social Determinants of Health

According to a LexisNexis survey, 88 percent of hospital CIOs say the ideal time for patient engagement is prior to admission through community health efforts. Collaborating with healthsystemCIO.com, the survey reveals that hospitals and health systems are using social determinants of health (SDOH) data to enhance patient engagement programs.When asked about using SDOH data, 50 percent of providers stated they are not using SDOH data in patient engagement; however, 42 percent say SDOH data is
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Fitango Health Adds Social Determinants of Health to Digital Health Platform

by Fred Pennic 08/28/2017 Leave a Comment

Fitango Health Adds Social Determinants of Health to Digital Health Platform

Fitango Health, a patient centric platform for chronic care management has added ‘Social Determinants of Health’ to its digital health platform. Social determinants of health are defined as “the determining and structural conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age” as they apply to a person’s health.  These factors can include socioeconomic status, education, the physical environment, employment, and social support networks, as well as general or geographical access to health
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Why Social Determinants of Health Is The Future of Value-Based Care

by Abhinav Shashank, CEO at Innovaccer Inc. 06/26/2017 1 Comment

Why Social Determinants of Health Is The Future of Value-Based Care

Editor’s Note: Abhinav Shashank is the CEO & Co-founder at Innovaccer Inc., a datashop integrating complex data across multiple distributed sources to give healthcare organizations greater insights to provider better care.Race, gender, socioeconomic status have been known to affect a person’s health, access to care, costs incurred, and the outcomes. The defining conditions of how we live, learn, work, and play not only influences our health but goes on to define and impact an entire
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