Social Determinants Of Health

Edith P. Mitchell, MD, MACP, FCCP, FRCP (London), has been named enterprise vice president for cancer disparities at Jefferson Health’s Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center.

Because practice management systems and electronic health records originally were designed to support accurate billing for subsequent reimbursement, fundamental changes to practice patterns are slow to enter clinical practices.

Among young acute MI survivors, Black individuals had greater risk for all-cause hospital readmission within 1 year of discharge compared with white individuals, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

The belief among some physicians that patients from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups will have poorer health outcomes because of cultural attitudes or genetics inadvertently reinforces the disparities, according to researchers.

A relationship between race and social determinants of health contributed to significantly higher prostate cancer-specific morality among Black men in the United States, results of a meta-analysis in JAMA Network Open showed.

Food insecurity among women was associated with a higher likelihood of fecal incontinence, even when accounting for diet, according to data published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Social and economic factors have the greatest impact on COVID-19 outcomes, including an “epidemic” of CV diseases and hospitalizations, and social determinants of health must be addressed to counter disparities, according to a speaker.

ORLANDO — A patient’s social determinants of health will influence access to chronic kidney disease screening and diagnosis and treatment of CKD, researchers reported here.

A new initiative using artificial intelligence and data analytics could help urban policymakers in New York City better target health resources toward the interventions that could have the greatest impact on heart health.

A dashboard revealed disparities that exist among patients with moderate to severe asthma who visited the ED, according to a study scheduled for presentation at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition.