Do you have access to healthy foods, transportation to a doctor, high-speed internet for telemed appointments, or a roof over your head? These are assumptions that most of us take for granted, and are not the questions that insurers usually take into consideration. But, as they look to increase member outcomes and foster long-term customer loyalty, considering the changing needs of many consumers in the face of today’s current affairs, it’s time they did.
In fact, forward-looking health plans
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Unite Us Acquires SDoH Data Analytics Company Staple Health to Expand Capabilities
What You Should Know:
- Unite Us acquires social determinants of health (SDoH)
analytics company Staple Health to greatly expand its valuable predictive data
analytics capabilities.
- Predictive analytics and outcome data are essential as
Unite Us supports local communities, addressing needs and providing proactive
social care infrastructure where it is lacking.
- The acquisition of Staple Health brings 10 years of
data experience and a database of 270M individuals, with notable
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Big Data Takes on the Silent Epidemic of Undiagnosed Behavioral Health Conditions
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a study found that almost half of Americans will experience an episode of mental illness in their lives, but may never get the diagnosis and treatment they need. In a more recent finding, over 25% of American adults now meet the criteria for a diagnosis of severe mental distress.
The looming impact on our collective mental health is concerning enough, but there are also serious implications for physical health. Left unaddressed, behavioral health issues
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Oncologists Believe Social Determinants of Health Impacts Outcomes for Cancer Patients
What You Should Know:
- Oncologists state social determinants of health (SDOH) significantly impact outcomes for cancer patients, according to new research from Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions.
- The findings illustrate certain disconnects between physician perceptions and the increasing body of evidence on the significance of SDOH.
- Appropriately, 91 percent of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that SDOH directly impact cancer treatment outcomes.
More than 90% of
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Google Awards Morehouse School of Medicine $1M to Study Racial Impact of COVID-19
What You Should Know:
- Google awards a $1M grant to Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine to study the racial impact of COVID-19 and address racial disparities.
- The partnership will enable the real-time COVID-19 collection and study of detailed demographic data about the communities of color that are being hit hardest by the pandemic.
The research project will help policymakers better understand how to ensure those communities receive the targeted help
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Applying Social Determinants of Health to Improve Care Coordination
In today’s era of value-based care, providers must focus more than ever on ensuring that patients get the care they need, when they need it, across the entire care continuum, including in non-traditional health care settings. This is important not only as it relates to patient outcomes, but also to providers’ bottom lines.
However, when patients lack access to basic care-centric needs like proper housing, food, transportation, and a support system, they’re unable to get the right type of care
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AHA Launches COVID-19 Data Challenge to Address Health Disparities Among African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans in Rural Areas
What You Need to Know:
- American Heart Association, Hitachi Vantara and BurstIQ launch COVID-19 Data Challenge to bring global COVID-19 datasets to researchers and clinicians to examine the relationship with other health conditions and health disparities.
- Each participant of the challenge will be provided a free, HIPPA compliant and FedRAMP certified, secure Precision Medicine Platform (PMP) workspace to conduct analyses.
The American Heart Association, the
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Change Healthcare Launches COVID-19 Research Database Using De-Identified Data to Track Disease Progression
What You Should Know:
- Change Healthcare announced a new online COVID-19 research database to track disease progression, treatment efficacy, for qualified public and private healthcare organizations using de-identified data to understand disease progression and improve intervention.
- Actionable insight “beyond the diagnosis” enables health researchers to better understand COVID-19 progression, intervention effectiveness, and impacts on the healthcare system.
Today
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Verato Launches SDOH-Driven Solution to Support COVID-19 Contact Tracing
What You Should Know:
- Verato announced an identity information service that helps with COVID-19 contact tracing by making social determinants of health (SDOH) data more complete.
- According to a recent report, as much as half of the positive COVID-19 test results lack enough data to support contact tracing. By filling in that missing data, we can shorten the time between receiving positive test results and having data that allows for rapid response to contain the virus.
Verato,
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AdhereHealth Launches COVID-19 Adherence Solution for High Risk Populations
What You Should Know:- AdhereHealth launches COVID-19 Adherence Solution to help protect high-risk populations and reduce unnecessary hospitalizations during COVID-19 pandemic.- The new solution combines predictive analytics, proactive outreach and home-delivered pharmacy services to help high-risk patients overcome SDOH challenges and continue taking their prescribed medications throughout the COVID-19 crisis. Nashville, TN-based AdhereHealth today announced the immediate availability of its
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