Health equity hindered by SDOH coding roadblocks
Healthcare IT News February 16, 2023
AHIMA researchers say the complex nature of the collection, coding, use and exchange of social determinant data requires more cross-sector coordination and federal investment.
A new American Health Information Management Association study aimed to find a better understanding of the operational realities of how social determinants of health data is used in real-world healthcare scenarios, finding a lack of standardization, insufficient training and limited cross-sector use.
WHY IT MATTERS
The study, conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago, surveyed more than 2,600 AHIMA members and nonmembers from a pool of 41,000 potential respondents between August 24 and September 9, 2022.
Respondents included coding professionals; managers, directors and vice presidents of health information management; HIM team members and executives.
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