Social Determinants: The Emerging Superheroes of Population Health Management
Healthcare IT Today March 22, 2019
The following is a guest blog post by Abhinav Shashank, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Innovaccer Inc.
What causes two patients of the same age and with the same disease but from different regions to respond differently to a certain treatment? Even if these two patients appeared similar on paper, their lifestyles are very likely to differ- socioeconomic status, gender, race, ethnicity, family structure, and education.
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