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
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
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
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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Led by BlueCross BlueShield, Healthify Raises $6.5M for Social Determinants Management Platform
Healthify, a NYC-based community referral and social determinants management platform, closed a $6.5m Series A funding round led by BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners (BCBSVP). The round also included participation from existing investors Primary Venture Partners (PVP) and Activate Venture Partners (AVP).Healthify will use the funds from the financing to expand its care coordination product suite and grow its network of customers and social service partners. To date, Healthify has raised over
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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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Innovaccer Launches Free Social Determinants of Healthcare ‘SDOH’ Portal
Innovaccer Inc., a Berkeley,CA-based healthcare analytics company has built a free Social Determinants of Healthcare ‘SDOH’ portal to help providers understand and monitor the impacts of social determinants of health on patient population. The Importance of Understanding Social Determinants of HealthThe social determinants of health have been known to affect a person’s health, access to care, cost incurred, and the outcomes. Out of more than 300 million people living in the U.S.; 13.5% people
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