Unite Us gets more social determinants data with Carrot Health acquisition
Unite Us, which uses technology to connect healthcare and social services, acquired Carrot Health, which combines large consumer and health datasets.
HIEs uniquely positioned to advance social determinants of health efforts
Healthcare information exchanges could provide the missing link between providers, payers and community-based organizations working to address social determinants of health. Efforts in Nebraska and Ohio show the ways in which HIEs could advance care coordination and interoperability.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
AMA Innovations, Onyx to develop tool linking providers, social services
The solution will connect providers with social services organizations, enabling the secure exchange of messages, referrals and personal health information. The FHIR-based technology can help providers factor in social determinants of health when caring for their patients.
Through United Way partnership, startup NowPow seeks to connect Chicagoans to health and social resources
United Way of Metro Chicago is implementing a pilot of the NowPow tool, which connects people to resources for chronic health and social conditions, in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago.
Equality Health teams up with grocery store chain to launch health retail clinic focused on underserved communities
The Equality Health Walk-in Clinic is set to open on April 29 at a Food City location in Phoenix, though there will be additional clinics in other locations where access to quality care is a challenge.
How Aunt Bertha could help hospitals reduce readmissions
For many patients with complex conditions, the main problem is not medicines or even access to healthcare. It’s everything else: food, housing, transportation, money. One pilot project designed to help some of the most expensive patients in Camden, New Jersey, found that it was getting help to meet those basic needs that kept patients out […]
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.