EHR Intelligence April 30, 2021
Health systems and health information exchanges across the country are trying to identify and integrate social determinants of health data, but it is not an easy task.
Identifying and implementing social determinants of health (SDOH) data into the EHR is critical to finding answers to a state’s most significant issues.
Once identified, SDOH data helps healthcare providers make social services referrals, but the process for doing so using technology is challenging.
“It’s not that physicians have totally ignored social determinants of health, but impactful information—such as the fact that the patient had to take time off from a low-paying job and ride two buses to get to the doctor’s office—isn’t typically collected in electronic medical records,” said Brian Dixon,...
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