Advanced clinical AI and social determinants of health: Influence community interventions and programs by understanding individual barriers first
Becker's Healthcare March 2, 2020
Historically, healthcare providers have used population health management programs to segment patients based on health conditions. They have then developed targeted interventions for each group. Today, population health management looks very different thanks to artificial intelligence and advanced analytics.
Becker’s Hospital Review recently spoke with John Showalter, MD, chief product officer at Jvion, and Slawek Kierner, senior vice president and chief data and analytics officer at Humana, about AI and social determinants of health. They discussed how technology is transforming the way providers approach population health management.
Data is the key to understanding patients
The classic approach to population health management used data in a limited way. Dr. Showalter explained, “Traditionally, healthcare providers used data to define groups of patients...