Healthcare Innovation February 25, 2021
Health Atlas maps 100 social determinants of health variables at various levels of granularity throughout California
Researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) are linking public data sets with electronic health record data to help healthcare systems collaborate and embark upon place-based interventions to increase public health improvements.
In a recent presentation at the WEDI Quest for Health Equity conference, Courtney Lyles, Ph.D., associate professor in UCSF’s Division of General Internal Medicine, began by saying that “it’s pretty clear — and COVID, I would say has made it even more clear — that health is really impacted by place.” For example, In places in California’s San Joaquin Valley, different exits off the freeway have differences in...