Social Determinants of Health

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New Study Shows Meal Delivery Services Reduce Senior Hospitalizations
Social Determinants of Health

New Study Shows Meal Delivery Services Reduce Senior Hospitalizations

Nov. 13, 2024
Meals on Wheels American and the WellSky Foundation found an 85 percent decrease in hospitalizations 30 days after meal delivery service
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NQF Makes Recommendations for Using SDOH Data 

March 11, 2024
Four organizations, including the VA and Texas Health and Human Services Commission, tested the recommendations
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Survey Details Barriers to Addressing SDOH of Oncology Patients

Feb. 19, 2024
ASCO task force highlights need for reliable data collection to help evaluate return-on-investment of intervention strategies
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Pennsylvania Launches Social Care Network Referral Tool

Jan. 26, 2024
PA Navigate’s primary goal is to boost communication between health systems and social services agencies to improve follow-through on referrals
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NYC Health + Hospitals Expanding Social Needs Screening Capabilities

Jan. 19, 2024
Health system integrates tool from findhelp into Epic to connect patients to community resources
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Regenstrief, Gravity Project Partner on SDOH Data Elements for EHRs

Dec. 12, 2023
Gravity Project-LOINC and Health Data Standards team will create, identify and build a critical mass of standardized social determinants of health data elements