Patient Engagement June 23, 2020
Geography, income, educational attainment, and housing security are key SDOH that affect chronic disease management and engagement.
Meaningful chronic disease management is a key aspect of value-based healthcare. After all, a sizeable portion of healthcare spending can be attributed to a small share of the nation’s sickest patients, underscoring the need to manage illness.
But with this shift comes a growing realization that care management is more than just medical practice; it’s an acknowledgment that the social determinants of health (SDOH) impact chronic disease.
These factors that determine a patient’s ability to obtain wellness can keep patients from engaging in healthy behaviors, accessing healthcare, and keeping their disease state of symptoms under control.
Below, PatientEngagementHIT outlines the key social determinants...
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