Patient Engagement August 24, 2020
Sara Heath

Healthy People 2030 renews the industry’s focus on social determinants of health in a time where health equity is of pressing concern.

The Department of Health & Human Services has outlined its 10-year objectives as part of Healthy People 2030, highlighting targets for addressing the social determinants of health over the next decade.

The agency said this is the first time the Healthy People benchmarks, which HHS issues every 10 years to outline the most critical health priority areas, identified social determinants of health as one of the key areas. The Healthy People 2020 plan looked at “social and community context” for health.

“Healthy People was the first national effort to lay out a set of data-driven priorities for health...

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Topics: Equity/SDOH, Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, HHS, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Survey / Study, Trends
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