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80% of clinical outcomes link to social factors - Social Determinants of Health (SDOH). Addressing these early impacts care use, costs, and quality outcomes. Yet, healthcare organizations face hurdles in capturing SDOH needs in an actionable way. As a healthcare provider aiming to tackle SDOH and resource referrals at scale, we've outlined key RFP questions for vendors. These questions enhance SDOH data collection, aligning with today's health equity needs. Key questions include: 🔍 Is the solution interoperable with existing systems like EHR or CRM? 🚀 Does it offer an intuitive interface and education for high member or patient engagement? 🌟 Can it provide personalized support and real-time human assistance? 💡 Does it offer a connected experience to relevant community resources? 📈 How does the vendor demonstrate success and client impact? Choosing a partner who ticks all these boxes sets your organization up for success and lasting benefits for consumers and stakeholders. Download now: https://lnkd.in/eMAeuCTb #HealthcareInnovation #DigitalHealth #RFPTemplate #SDOH #healthequity

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Public health professionals: Want to know which evidence-based strategies the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommend to improve health outcomes? What Works fact sheets are easy-to-read summaries of multiple CPSTF recommendations for a health topic. Find out what works for public health on the Community Guide: bit.ly/3uMl0zA

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Health equity means ensuring every Black mother in Texas has the support for a safe pregnancy and birth. The dramatic disparities in maternal mortality across the state highlight the urgent need for action. As one of our new priorities for change, EHF is working with community partners, governments, and health systems to dismantle the barriers to maternal health and support innovative and best practice solutions. Together, we can drive change and save lives - #BMHW24. #HealthNotJustHealthCare #HealthEquity

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Urging Congress to include prevention in how states use behavioral health grants is a no brainer! Support Kelly Davis, Congressmembers August Pfluger and Kathy Castor, and Mental Health America in this fight for youth #healthequity. Why do we wait for kids to hurt themselves, overdose, or hear voices when by then potential lifelong effects of trauma on their brains (not to mention schooling, friendship, siblings/parents, and others) have set in? In some ways this is the legacy of both stigma - acting like those more sick aren't human beings so let's ignore prevention of THEIR illnesses - and of a behavioral health industrial complex in the US that's been largely centered around pharmaceuticals and government/PE-consolidated psychiatric facilities. We pay for pediatrics to prevent broken lives. Public health to prevent epidemics. Why not behavioral health prevention services to prevent horrible diseases clearly impacting all of our children and communities? #mentalhealthishealth. Let's get kids there by not acting like mental illness or addiction are forgone conclusions.

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Addressing rural mental health inequities requires reducing barriers for rural residents to enter mental health care practice, as well as tailored and multi-faceted policy approaches by profession, including increasing autonomy and loan forgiveness. https://ja.ma/3xjx9R4

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During the recent AMA Annual Meeting, Beau Raymond, MD MMM FACP, Chief Medical Officer of Ochsner Health Network, shared compelling data on the impact of Ochsner Connected Health's Digital Medicine program for managing cardiometabolic diseases. His presentation highlighted the strategic use of digital tools to enhance patient outcomes and reduce overall healthcare costs. Dr. Raymond detailed how the program's success is underscored by its impressive impact on healthcare costs and member outcomes. Annually, enrolled members experience an average savings of $2,200 per person. Within just six months, four out of five members achieve hypertension and diabetes control, including a reduction in emergency department visits and hospital admissions. Leveraging data from connected Bluetooth devices and medication management from licensed clinicians, the program’s data-driven patient management extends beyond mere monitoring, embodying a transformative shift in cardiometabolic healthcare delivery.   We invite you to learn more about our innovative program: - Read the Full AMA Article: https://lnkd.in/gVjmxkDa - Discover how Ochsner's solutions can be part of your health strategy: https://ochsner.cc/4c0BvdZ #OchsnerConnectedHealth #DigitalHealth #ValueBasedCare #HealthcareInnovation #CardiometabolicHealth #Type2Diabetes #Obesity #Hypertension #GLP1

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Book Reading Chapter 17. In the pandemic we were led by public health leaders who were hardworking but ignorant. We should do a course correction else we are headed for future mishandling of "pandemics" if we do not put the right leaders at the top. https://lnkd.in/dC9mrGUZ

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📣 The Planning and Dissemination (P&D) Grants have launched! The P&D Grants are intended to provide support for planning and/or dissemination activities (either virtual or in-person). IHSPR is thrilled to support activities on the following prioritized topics: o Integration of care o Primary care and home, community, and long- term care. o Health workforce o Digital health solutions o Equitable, accessible, anti-ableist, anti-racist, anti-discriminatory, diverse and/or inclusive health care delivery systems and/or service delivery models o Advancing sustainable, climate-resilient and/or low-carbon health care systems, organizations, and service delivery models. o Advancing the theories, methods and approaches that underpin the science of HSPR Furthermore, two grants are reserved for pan-Canadian conferences that provides opportunity for the entire HSPR community to benefit from and engage in networking, research collaboration, and knowledge mobilization across a broad range of HSPR priorities. Application Deadline: August 7, 2024 Learn more: https://buff.ly/45kHj0n

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New research from the AAMC reveals primary care physicians participate in value-based care models at higher rates than other physicians. Let's leverage this insight to ensure physicians across specialties have equal opportunities to contribute to value-based care initiatives. Read more in a new article published in Health Affairs Scholar: https://ow.ly/1HpZ50SXMXQ #ValueBasedCare #VBC

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Evidence is central to guiding public health planning, service delivery, and decision-making. Evidence syntheses are important tools for informing public health decision-making to advance health equity across programs and policies. Our new rapid review aims to address the question: What are equity-informed approaches and practices to conducting evidence syntheses? Check it out now to learn more. https://lnkd.in/ehxHYbYg

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The latest edition of Practice Points is here! Volume 11 features summaries of our research and evaluation work in several key areas of health care and the social determinants of health 📊 Browse the articles at https://lnkd.in/grV96u4V

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ARTICLE | IHI has released an Insights article that describes a cross-sector partnership between the public health and health care sectors. The article, "Aligning the Health Care and Public Health Sectors to Improve Age-Friendly Care Coordination," notes how the pandemic highlighted the need to collaborate with others to bring the #AgeFriendly approach to public health efforts. Read more: https://ow.ly/HCFT50SMyh9

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🗞️ ARTICLE | IHI has released an Insights article that describes a cross-sector partnership between the public health and health care sectors. The article, "Aligning the Health Care and Public Health Sectors to Improve Age-Friendly Care Coordination," notes how the pandemic highlighted the need to collaborate with others to bring the #AgeFriendly approach to public health efforts. Read more: https://ow.ly/HCFT50SMyh9

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Thanks Mary E. Fleming, MD, MPH, FACOG for sharing. I look forward to your forum as you continue to support and educate us about health policy. After all, it really is the political determinants of health that drives our social determinants of health! from one of my favorite health equity scholars Daniel Dawes author of "The Political Determinants of Health"

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🌟 Exciting News from Synchronous Health! 🌟 We are thrilled to announce the launch of enhanced perinatal behavioral health services for obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN) patients across our health system partners. At Synchronous Health, we recognize the critical need for mental health support during the perinatal period, especially addressing challenges like postpartum depression, which affects approximately 1 in 8 women. Our services are designed to provide timely and effective care to new mothers, ensuring they receive the support they need during this transformative time. By combining personalized digital interventions with access to licensed behavioral health professionals via secure telehealth platforms, we offer a seamless and supportive experience. Here’s what our services include: - Screening and Assessment: Early identification of perinatal mental health issues through routine screenings and assessments during OBGYN visits. - Access to Care: Convenient access to licensed behavioral health professionals for counseling and support. - Personalized Interventions: Tailored digital content and interactive tools to support mental health throughout pregnancy and postpartum. "When my daughter was born in 2023, I saw firsthand the need for easier access to mental health care for women," shared Lisa Henderson, Co-Founder of Synchronous Health. "Through our health system partnerships, we have the opportunity to offer comprehensive care so that women and their families can thrive." This initiative expands on our commitment to integrate behavioral health seamlessly with medical care, ensuring patients receive holistic support. We aim to bring these critical services closer to where people first seek care, whether in primary care offices or, importantly for mothers-to-be, their OBGYNs.

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Hear what HSX members are saying about integrating physical health data into behavioral health care, making the future of healthcare accessible and efficient. 👇 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/d_Z8iBWw

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Cultural sensitivity in healthcare positively impacts health outcomes and adherence. Watch our BHIPP webinar on culturally responsive and trauma-informed practices for pediatric primary care and behavioral health providers: https://bit.ly/3Ow1ezE #BIPOCMentalHealthMonth

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Important new brief out of the Bipartisan Policy Center: "The Future of Acute Hospital Care at Home" To ensure beneficiaries can continue to receive various levels of care in their preferred settings, the BPC brief provides immediate-term federal policy reform recommendations for the potential reauthorization of the Acute Hospital Care at Home model, including extending the waiver for five years, while outlining key issues for policymakers to consider as further data emerges. Recommendations largely align with: --Facilitating appropriate uptake and participation in the model; --Gathering evidence on the model to support high value, equitable, and comprehensive care; and --Ensuring program integrity and patient and caregiver safety. BPC spoke with a number of stakeholders in preparation for this brief, including several Coalition members. Review and share with your network: https://lnkd.in/gGsxJ22A #HospitalAtHome #HomeHealth

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The link between primary care access and improved health outcomes is clear, especially for underserved populations.  This new report whose contributors include Diane Rittenhouse, MD, MPH, Palav Babaria, Kevin Grumbach, Elizabeth Landsberg, Rishi Manchanda MD MPH, Sarita Mohanty, MD, MPH, MBA, Cary Sanders, Rhonda M. Smith, Judith L. Steinberg, Anthony Wright, Carlina Hansen, Jeff Oxendine, Bobbie Wunsch, Jill Yegian provides 10 actionable recommendations to strengthen primary care and advance equity in California.  From involving communities in policymaking to expanding pipeline programs for underrepresented groups, we have a roadmap for change. #HealthEquity #PrimaryCare #CaliforniaHealthcare

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