Patient Engagement October 31, 2023
Patient experience factors, like care quality and healthcare discrimination, make it harder for patients to trust SDOH data sharing, ONC said.
Healthcare professionals need to determine what it’ll take for patients to trust the exchange of their social determinants of health (SDOH) data, including looking into improving patient experiences and clearing up privacy and security concerns, according to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC).
In a recent Health IT Buzz blog post, agency officials Catherine Strawley and Chelsea Richwine examined data indicating that patients aren’t always receptive to SDOH data sharing.
This comes as healthcare organizations continue to set up SDOH screening strategies. Using either paper-based or digital surveying, patients report to organizations the social factors...
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