Providing proactive and preventive health-focused living among younger, less affluent senior populations -- and extending this into value-based care -- just makes sense.
L.A. Care Health Plan and Health Net’s commitment will help secure up to 1,900 housing units in the private rental market and fund field assessments to find those who need assistance with Activities of Daily Living (such as feeding and personal hygiene). It will also help pay for vacancy coverage, damage repair, trash services, greenspace, maintenance and pest control.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
UC Davis Health announced the first startup to come out of its health tech innovation incubator. The company, named WellCent, is a platform that allows patients and caregivers to onboard medical devices into their home and access digital health resources.
The donation will go to the One Albuquerque Fund for its project called "The Gateway." This project will create a new medical center that will provide emergency overnight beds and other services for those experiencing homelessness.
Housing is a complex space requiring a high degree of creativity. There are a number of decision points across the selection process, and without concrete, tested experience healthcare systems can run the risk of under-serving nomadic employees.
We may acknowledge just how essential the nomadic healthcare workforce has been in efforts to control the Covid-19 pandemic, but what’s often overlooked is how and where these workers are being housed.
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
Homelessness, a key social determinant of health, is on the rise, prompting action from payers and providers. Though their efforts are varied, ranging from subsidizing housing to making it easier for those living in encampments or temporary housing to access care, they have a common goal.
The Michigan-based payer has partnered with Socially Determined, ConsejoSano and Aunt Bertha to create a social determinants of health initiative that will identify members in need, engage them using culturally aligned strategies and connect them to community resources and services.
After a launching their social determinants of health partnership in Nebraska over the summer, technology company Unite Us and the Nebraska Health Information Initiative have plans to expand it to six more states.
The New Jersey-based health system's culturally nuanced social determinants of health program will screen all patients for social and behavioral factors that impact their health, in the hopes of improving outcomes and encouraging appropriate use of healthcare services.
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
Cardinal Innovations Healthcare's program - which helps patients find housing and live independently - has reduced crisis costs for participants by 71 percent and crisis events by 42 percent.