DARKDaily July 24, 2019
Donna Marie Pocius

Clinical laboratories could offer services that complement SDH programs and help physicians find chronic disease patients who are undiagnosed

Insurance companies and healthcare providers increasingly consider social determinants of health (SDH) when devising strategies to improve the health of their customers and affect positive outcomes to medical encounters. Housing, transportation, access to food, and social support are quickly becoming part of the SDH approach to value-based care and population health.

In “Innovative Programs by Geisinger Health and Kaiser Permanente Are Moving Providers in Unexplored Directions in Support of Proactive Clinical Care,” Dark Daily reported on two well-known companies that are investing millions in SDH programs to bring food and affordable housing to vulnerable patients. These activities are evidence of a...

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