Fierce Healthcare February 10, 2020
Over the past two years, health systems have invested at least $2.5 billion in programs directly addressing social determinants of health.
Kaiser Permanente said it would put $200 million toward initiatives targeting housing insecurity and homelessness.
Geisinger is scaling up what it calls its Fresh Food Farmacy program—set up to help patients get healthy foods—with a digital app. And last year, RWJBarnabas Health partnered with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey to address social factors of health such as maternal mortality.
They are among a few examples of the growing investments in programs targeting areas such as housing or employment insecurity as health systems recognize the importance of social determinants of health (SDOH). Now, a new study in...
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