EHR Intelligence October 26, 2023
Comfort with SDOH information sharing was relatively low among individuals who reported little or no trust in the healthcare system, ONC survey data revealed.
While the majority of Americans are comfortable with social determinants of health (SDOH) information sharing for treatment purposes, four in 10 individuals nationwide report some level of unease with this type of data exchange, according to ONC data.
SDOH data exchange is key for improving population health, with factors such as housing, food and nutrition, transportation, and education accounting for up to 50 percent of county-level variation in health outcomes.
Encouragingly, ONC found that individuals’ recent experiences with social needs did not significantly impact their rate of comfort with SDOH information sharing by providers for treatment...
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