Health September 8, 2020
Healthcare organizations setting out on a social determinants of health program must rely on community partners to effectively meet patient needs.
“It takes a village” takes on a whole new meaning when you apply it to healthcare. For Desha Dickson, associate vice president of Community Wellness at Reading Hospital, it takes a literal village — or in her words, community — to identify high-risk patients and successfully connect them to social determinants of health solutions.
That much has become clear in the years in which Reading Hospital, located in Berks County, Pennsylvania, has been dedicating itself to address social determinants of health and barriers to care for its patients.
As a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Accountable Health...