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  Payers should cover home-based cardiac rehabilitation, researchers argue
Fierce Healthcare, March 2, 2023
 
     
  Higher levels of perceived racism linked to risk of heart disease in Black women
The American Heart Association, March 1, 2023
 
     
  CMS lowers CRC screening age, requires new modifier for follow-up colonoscopy
Healio, March 1, 2023
 
     
  As SNAP benefits wane, food-as-medicine companies carve out a niche
Fierce Healthcare, February 27, 2023
 
     
  Long COVID symptoms vary by race, ethnicity
Healio News, February 23, 2023
 
     
  Overcoming 5 Leading Obstacles to Achieving Racial Health Equity
Patient Engagement HIT, February 22, 2023
 
     
  Program promises to take a team approach to tackling severe kidney disease
Fierce Healthcare, February 21, 2023
 
     
  Understanding Why Rural Health is in Trouble
ICD10monitor, February 20, 2023
 
     
  Patient Wellbeing Closely Linked to 30-Day Readmission Rates
Gallup news release, February 20, 2023
 
     
  Humana Foundation rolls out new strategy to tackle health equity
Fierce Healthcare, February 14, 2023
 
 
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Who has Primary Responsibility for Collecting SDoH Data?  

1. Nurses: 24%
2. Physicians: 15%
3. Administrative Staff: 12%
4. Social Workers: 9%
5. Case Managers: 8%
6. Coding Professionals: 3%
7. Other: 2%
8. Patient Navigator: 1%
9. Unknown: 26%

Note: Responses to the question, "Who is the primary person responsible for collecting SDOH* data from the patient and/or caregiver during a patient visit?"
*social determinants of health

Source: NORC at the University of Chicago (NORC) and American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), February 2023

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What's News
  Obstacles for breast cancer prevention in high-risk Black women
Ohio State news release, March 1, 2023
 
     
  Racial Disparities in Evaluation of Uterine Cancer among Medicaid Beneficiaries
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, abstract only, February 15, 2023
 
     
  Study shows emergency department preparedness cuts mortality risk in children
UC Davis Health news release, February 14, 2023
 
     
  BC Health Equity Report highlights care disparities, opportunities to improve care
Business Wire, February 14, 2023
 
     
  Social Frailty Index: an index of social attributes predictive of mortality in adults
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 7, 2023
 
     
  Accuracy of EHR Food Insecurity, Housing Instability, & Financial Strain Screening
JAMA, February 7, 2023
 
     
  Rural & Urban Differences in Insurance at Prepregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum
Obstetrics & Gynecology, February 2, 2023
 
     
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