The Social Determinants Of Health Are Important To Overall Health Outcomes And Digital Health Should Help Address Them.

This interesting article appeared last week:http://ift.tt/2wH5jwK DeSalvo lays out vision for 'Public Health 3.0,' focuses on social determinants of healthThe former national coordinator says addressing social determinants is critical to the success of value-based care and that big infrastructure investment will enable localized approaches to public health.By Mike MiliardAugust 23, 2017 02:11 PMImproving social determinants of health is a must-do for value-based care models that seek to improve and maintain health instead of treating illness, said former National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo, MD.Writing in Health Affairs, along with Jeffrey Levi, professor of health management & policy at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at The George Washington University, DeSalvo raised the alarm that "for the first time in generations, life expectancy has plateaued and is...

This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.


from Australian Health Information Technology http://ift.tt/2wR5xBQ
- TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH

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