Addressing Social Determinants of Health
No longer is seeing patients and paying member claims enough to improve health in communities. The conditions where people live and work are just as important in the impact of health risks and conditions. Common factors of social determinants of health (SDOH) include:
- Economic
- Education
- Housing
- Food
- Healthcare Access
Economic conditions play a primary role in the overall health of people. Lower income people have limited access to healthy food options, easy access to healthcare and limited education that enables increase pay and employment.
How are healthcare organizations addressing social determinants of health?
Currently many organizations struggle with how to accurately identify and track the social determinants of health conditions that are impacting their population health. There have lots of information on the patients or members they serve from the claims experience they collect. However, they lack the external data that is required to understand the local community from a population health survey.
Our software enables you to identify, access and act within your local community by targeting you members or patients that live in areas of high social need. Create targeted list for different conditions, partner with social organizations to drive impacts quickly.
According to the CDC, “Social determinants of health such as poverty, unequal access to health care, lack of education, stigma, and racism are underlying, contributing factors of health inequities”.
Start tracking your members and create campaigns that can improve outcomes and begin addressing social determinants of health. Reduce health inequity in your local population health one member at a time.
How can you organization start to improve the conditions of your population in their daily life? What SDOH conditions are impacting most of your population. Which ones can you start to improve quickly or partner with local organizations to help improve their outcomes.
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