Healthcare Innovation January 21, 2020
Top thought leaders from NQF and the Aetna Foundation discuss why innovations that address SDOH are critically important to the future of healthcare
Last fall, through an initiative supported by the Aetna Foundation— an independent affiliate of CVS Health—the National Quality Forum (NQF) collaborated with a diverse group of leaders across multiple sectors with the aim to identify quality and payment innovations to systematically address social determinants of health (SDOH).
Indeed, there has been growing recognition over the last several years that a patient’s zip code is a better indicator of his or her health outcomes than a genetic code. Whether it be a lack of access to healthy food, or the limited availability of transportation to care, these, among...