Health IT Analytics July 16, 2019
Boston University and Sharecare will build a community index to mine social determinants of health data and improve health nationwide.
The Boston University School of Public Health (SPH) has announced a five-year partnership with Sharecare, an Atlanta-based digital health company, to mine social determinants of health data and enhance patient outcomes across the country.
The organizations will build a Community Well-Being (CWI) Index using health data from Sharecare and social determinants data from SPH. The SPH Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center (BEDAC), a data management resource, will mine the information and help researchers generate actionable conclusions.
The Index will help highlight the impact that environmental circumstances have on patients’ overall health and wellbeing. Patients who live in lower-income areas,...