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Combatting Social Determinants of Health with Policy Changes

WEBBy Jill McKeon. August 04, 2021 - Tackling care disparities and social determinants of health calls for policy interventions centered on health equity, economic mobility, …

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What Is Health Equity

WEBHealth equity is a prominent concept today, but its origins trace back to the turn of the 20th Century and into the Civil Rights Movement. January 19, 2024 - Health …

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Retail Health Clinics Are Key on the Path to Health Equity

WEBIn turn, patients are flooding toward them. In Deloitte’s 2022 Survey of US Health Care Consumers, which sent questionnaires to some 4,500 people in February …

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Understanding Environment, Climate as Social Determinants of …

WEBEnvironment—meaning the natural geographic and climate elements in which an individual lives—has a considerable impact on health. According to Healthy People …

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Understanding Neighborhood, Redlining as Social Determinants …

WEBJune 22, 2022 - Neighborhood is yet another in a long list of social determinants of health garnering industry attention. Neighborhood is an expansive social determinant of health …

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NC Affirms Major Commitment to Health Equity in New State Plan

WEBSeptember 02, 2022 - The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) has buckled down on its pledge to advance health equity in its recently …

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Racial health disparities in premature death pervasive in all US states

WEBApril 18, 2024 - Even in the best-performing states, racial health disparities have left their mark, with new reporting from the Commonwealth Fund showing serious differences in …

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Paving the way to a diverse medical workforce starts with med …

WEBAnd although the American Academy of Family Physicians has reported the racial composition of medical school is showing signs of leveling out, 51 percent of …

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Marginal health equity for Black Californians suggests slow road …

WEBApril 24, 2024 - It’ll take California longer than it’s even been a state—and longer than the US has been a nation—to close the racial health disparity and other …

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Cultural Competence in Healthcare: Why It’s Important & How to …

WEBJanuary 22, 2024 - Healthcare is undergoing a seismic shift, with the role of public and population health playing a bigger role in patient care than ever before. Core to that role …

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How Non-Clinical Staff Enable Patient Engagement, Care …

WEBAugust 10, 2018 - Whether they are called patient navigators, advocates, coaches, or community health workers, non-clinical health workers are becoming increasingly …

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Healthcare Affordability Woes Affect High- and Low-Income …

WEBNovember 20, 2023 - It’s long been understood that healthcare in the United States is unaffordable for the nation’s poorest patients, but a new analysis from the …

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Behavioral healthcare access in community health centers up 40%

WEBBy Sara Heath. March 11, 2024 - The number of behavioral health visits to community health centers soared by nearly 40 percent between 2018 and 2022, but if these care …

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What are Healthcare Navigators, Patient-Centered Care Benefits

WEBPatient navigators helped patients with practical, informational, financial, familial, emotional, spiritual, and physical concerns. Layperson navigators had a 1:10 …

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Breaking Down the Basics of Patient Navigation, Care Coordination

WEBSeptember 10, 2021 - Healthcare is more than what happens to a patient inside the four walls of a hospital or clinic; it’s what happens at home, the social services the patient …

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Did COVID-19 Help Close Disparities in Patient Portal Use

WEBMarch 05, 2024 - The COVID-19 pandemic may have increased patient portal use and reduced age- and sex-based utilization disparities, but there are still differences in how …

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Top Patient Engagement Challenges Affecting Rural Healthcare

WEBLong travel distances. One of the leading patient engagement barriers in rural healthcare is poor patient access to care, caused in part by the long travel …

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Breaking Down the Basics of Healthcare Consumerism

WEBNovember 15, 2023 - Healthcare consumerism lingers near the top of the list of buzzwords medical professionals need to know. The concept, which recognizes the role patients …

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