Radiology Business June 21, 2024
It’s one thing to know that cancer disparities often correlate with deleterious social determinants of health (SDOH). It’s another to equip healthcare professionals for applying the connection to affected patient populations. A new and free heatmap-based tool promises to help, and with considerable geographic precision.
The Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute unveiled the interactive online resource June 20. Calling it the Cancer Equity Compass, or “CEC,” the organization says the visualization tool is designed to help target interventions—policies as well as programs—at areas of high need and opportunity.
The National Cancer Institute defines cancer disparities as differences between underserved groups and the general population on such measures as cancer incidence, prevalence, mortality, morbidity, survival, screening and cancer stage at...
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