Patient Engagement September 6, 2017
Sara Heath

Most health centers use the same measures for the social determinants of health, which helps them better target efficient patient interventions.

Most health centers serving safety net patients measure the social determinants of health in a similar way, making the process uniform and conducive to wide-spread intervention, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

The social determinants of health – factors such as where patients are born, work, live, and play that affect health outcomes – are becoming more prominent within the healthcare industry. The social determinants of health can point to certain health disparities within a population, specifically in health centers and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), the researchers said.

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Topics: ACO (Accountable Care), CMS, Medicaid, Medicare, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Physician, Population Health Mgmt, Primary care, Provider, Value Based
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