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"More than one year into the Covid-19 crisis, it's clear that employers across the United States and UK are now taking a more proactive role and creating their own policies to manage the pandemic. In making the physical workplace as safe as possible, almost 70% of employers surveyed are testing some or all of their workforce and nearly 90% say that they will require or encourage Covid-19 vaccination in the months ahead."
- Mara Aspinall, Project Co-Lead, Professor of Practice at Arizona State University's College of Health Solutions, and Advisor to The Rockefeller Foundation.

In a recent study in the journal AIDS and Behaviour, people with HIV conducted peer-to-peer interviews with other HIV-positive people and then verified who wasn't still alive at one, three and five years. Individuals who died during the follow-up period were more likely to have less than high school education (36% versus 20%), be unemployed (89% vs. 77%), have a history of homelessness (57% vs. 39%,) or have a history of incarceration (58% vs. 28%.)

Source: Population Health News, Volume 8 Number 5, May 2021, Thought Leaders' Corner.

Ryan Bosch: 5 Steps for Addressing SDoH by Improving Health Literacy

1. Obtain a Person’s or Population’s Ability to Access Information
2. Put the Risk into Cultural Context
3. Identify Comprehension Obstacles
4. Support Peoples’ Decisions
5. Develop a Relationship-Based Care Model.

Source: MedCity News, April 16, 2021

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Blum Center Program: What We Learned from COVID-19 About Making Healthcare Systems More Equitable

In this presentation, Aswita Tan-McGrory, MBA, MSPH, shares many lessons of how the mistrust of the healthcare system among communities of color affected organizations’ ability to mitigate COVID-19, as well as how they have engaged these communities in the distribution of vaccines. In addition, she discusses the importance of race, ethnicity, and language data collection in managing COVID-19 and addressing disparities, and successful strategies for collaborating with communities.

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Which Patient Populations Saw The Most COVID Care Access Delays?
Patient Engagement HIT, May 4, 2021

Health Equity as a System Strategy: The Rush Univ. Medical Center Framework
NEJM Catalyst, May 2021

Highmark, Walgreens specialty pharmacy in social determinants of health pilot
Pittsburgh Business Times, April 26, 2021

Reimagining Health Equity On A National Scale
Forbes, April 20, 2021

Addressing SDoH Through Improved Digital Engagement
HealthPayer Intelligence, April 19, 2021

Blue Cross NC takes aim at food insecurity with slew of new pilot programs
FierceHealthcare, April 19, 2021

Genomic Data – Not Race – May Enhance Chronic Disease Management
Health IT Analytics, April 16, 2021

Implications of COVID-19 for Social Determinants of Health
Kaiser Family Foundation, April 15, 2021

How the Biden Administration Can Improve Health Equity for Minority
JAMA Network, April 13, 2021

How a Unified Big Data Infrastructure Can Boost Population Health
Health IT Analytics, April 12, 2021

Association Between Income Inequality & COVID-19 Cases & Deaths in the US
JAMA Network Open, May 3, 2021

Addressing the Social Determinants of Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Family and Community Health, abstract only, April/June 2021

Toward a fine-scale population health monitoring system
Cell via ScienceDirect, abstract only, April 15, 2021

Assessing the Impact of Social Needs and SDoH on Health Care Utilization
Population Health Management, abstract only, April 9, 2021

Intermountain Healthcare Partners With U. of Utah to Create Academic
Intermountain Healthcare News Release, April 8, 2021

Improving ICD-10-CM Coding for Social Determinants of Health
AHIMA Journal, April 6, 2021

Telehealth & the digital divide as a SDoH during the COVID-19 pandemic
Network Modeling Analysis in Health Informatics and Bioinformatics, April 3, 2021

Impact of PCMH Transformation on Providers, Staff, and Quality
Population Health Management, abstract only, April 9, 2021

Does Telemedicine Impede or Help the Patient-Centered Medical Home?
HIT Consultant, April 8, 2021

Industry Voices—Recognizing the mental health medical home in addiction care
FierceHealthcare, April 6, 2021

In the most recent Medical Home News Supplement:

The Role Primary Care Can Play in Fighting Long COVID By Zackary Berger, Vivian Altiery De Jesus and Sabrina A. Assoumou
Pharmacists Can Play A Lead Role In Primary Care Initiatives By Tina Joseph, Genevieve Hale and Cynthia Moreau
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Diabetes Management Improved In High-Risk Population Through Community Program by Jim Mandler

Centralized Population Health Coordinators Improve Care For Patients With Chronic Disease by Noah Brown

Population Health Resource To Give US Cities Access To Key Data by Elaine Meyer

Thought Leaders' Corner: How are social disadvantages linked to HIV mortality rates?

Industry News with briefs regarding: GoHealth; AARP Pennsylvania and Drexel University's College of Nursing and Health Professions; i2i; Arizona State University's College of Health Solutions; ResearchAndMarkets; Avidon Health; The Vatican's Pontifical Council for Culture and The Cura Foundation; Envision Healthcare; The Humana Foundation; Roswell Park and Wilmot Cancer Institute.

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