UPMC's pilot program reveals how social determinants of health impact food access and blood sugar management, challenging traditional health care assumptions.

While acknowledging the challenges to using SDOH information in practice, a presenter at the American College of Rheumatology ...

SEATTLE — Social determinants of health, nonmedical factors that can have a significant influence on health and lead to various disparities in a variety of ways, affect the well-being of patients ...

Discussions of social determinants of health might focus on the obvious ones—like income or education—while overlooking some other social determinants that impact health in complex ways. In recent ...

Apple has become one of the world’s most iconic brands because of its philosophy, captured brilliantly in their “Think different.” advertising campaign. Under value-based care, today’s healthcare ...

After screening for health-related social needs, health systems and hospitals can connect patients with community-based resources. CMOs should be concerned that the health-related social needs of ...

Too often, older adults face fragmented care, preventable hospital visits or the challenge of managing chronic diseases alone ...

Helping patients with lupus navigate disability insurance, so they can maintain care after a job loss, is just one step physicians can take to address health disparities, according to data published ...

Language services are essential for health equity and good patient health outcomes, but recent executive actions threaten to ...

Over my more than 45 years in health care (I became president and CEO of Henry Ford Health in 2022), I’ve seen how this ...