Social determinants of health (SDOH) impact healthcare for Medicaid patients. Community health worker/payer partnerships help mitigate SDOH and reduce unnecessary ED visits.
In value-based care, teams of professionals work together to ensure patients are well cared for and practices meet benchmarks. Community health workers are key players in achieving these goals.
Women’s health is in the spotlight this week as our nation celebrates Women’s Equality Day. Notably, August 26 marks the enactment of the 19th Amendment, which recognized a woman’s right to vote and gave voice to a wide range of health and other issues. While much has changed since this landmark decision in 1920, women still face significant healthcare challenges, not the least of which includes a higher incidence of misdiagnoses than their male counterparts. Diagnostic Inequality Of the 12 million adults who are misdiagnosed each year, women and racial/ethnic minorities are 20-30% more likely to experience a diagnostic error.