Health IT Analytics July 12, 2019
An individual’s zip code is more predictive of her health than her genetic code, but it’s not just zip code data that can help tackle social determinants of health.
A patient’s social determinants of health contribute more to her health than her genetic code or her medical care. These social determinants of health are factors outside of the traditional healthcare setting that impact an individual’s health (e.g., food insecurity, transportation, job training, and housing). To combat these social determinants of health, payers are providing housing grants to their members most in need, ridesharing companies are offering rides to patients for non-emerging medical visits, and Medicare and Medicaid are considering coveringhealthy food plans.
The goal is to mitigate the negative...
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