Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Social needs are immediate needs articulated by individuals. Caregivers requested assistance for a median of two ...
In response to a recent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule for inpatient and long-term hospitals related to health equity, hospital stakeholders are ramping up efforts to ...
Health-related social needs, such as lack of access to food and transportation, are associated with higher utilization of emergency departments, according to research published Dec. 15 in JAMA.
High social needs correlate with increased emergency care use and complications in patients with type 2 diabetes. The Vizient Vulnerability Index identifies care disparities based on social factors ...
This new study evaluated the potential impact of unmet social needs on risk of severe asthma in children. Children with unmet social needs are at a greater risk of having persistent asthma, with more ...
The communities in which we live have a tremendous impact on our health. Social determinants of health (SDoH), holistic health factors such as availability of affordable housing and healthy foods, and ...
Health and medical professionals have come to view social connection as a fundamental human need akin to food and shelter. In ...
We previously implemented paper-based screening for health-related social resource needs (HRSN) in our gynecologic oncology clinic and found that 36% of patients who completed the screening reported ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Dermatologists should consider a patient’s social needs before prescribing any treatment. Go beyond standard ...
When Susan Rawlings Molina and Sri Akula were looking to start up a company around 2020, they knew they wanted to combine Molina’s health care and Akula’s product and technology backgrounds. They ...
Whether Medicare Advantage enrollees are dually Medicaid-Medicare eligible or not, health-related social needs are largely prevalent, a new study shows. The July study was published in Health Affairs ...