Healthcare Finance News September 5, 2019
Two new and seemingly unrelated approaches to delivering healthcare are starting to take shape in the industry: the use of artificial intelligence, and the integration of social determinants of health in crafting care plans. Both trends are developing independently, but they’re likely due to intersect; factoring in SDOH is possible due to data, and if AI shines in any one particular area, it’s making sense of complex data sets.
If the social determinants are comprised of the socioeconomic factors that can influence a person’s health — income, education, access to transportation, etc. — then AI has the potential to allow providers to make the best possible use of that information.
That becomes increasingly important as value-based care emerges. With reimbursement...