AHIMA Launches Data for Better Health™ Initiative
HIT Consultant October 9, 2023
What You Should Know:
– Today, the American Health Information Management Association® (AHIMA) unveiled its groundbreaking initiative, Data for Better Health™, at its annual conference, AHIMA23, in Baltimore, MD.
– The Data for Better Health initiative is poised to revolutionize the healthcare landscape by enhancing awareness of the transformative potential of social determinants of health (SDOH) data to improve health outcomes.
Data for Better Health Initiative Goals
According to the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, only 20 percent of our health is related to access to care and quality of healthcare service. The remaining 80 percent is determined by societal factors, including an individual’s physical environment, socioeconomic factors like education or job status, or health behaviors such...