Patient Engagement October 9, 2020
Different social determinants of health affect patient wellness by limiting patient access to key health and lifestyle resources.
The social determinants of health garnered a lot of attention once it became evident they can impact value-based care success.
As healthcare providers worked to promote overall health and wellness and to prevent unnecessary healthcare utilization, it quickly became clear that certain social factors were at play here. The social determinants of health could affect whether a patient obtained and maintained wellness, regardless of the quality of care they would receive during a clinical encounter.
To be clear, there is a broad array of social determinants of health that impact a patient’s ability to be healthy. For length and clarity, PatientEngagementHIT has...
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