Social determinants of health (SDoH) are those factors in a person’s life—socioeconomic, educational, cultural, environmental—that create disparities in how that person accesses health care. On this episode, we examine how the COVID-19 outbreak has affected social determinants of health and impacted racial and ethnic minorities that already carry a disproportionate burden of morbidity and mortality.
Guest speaker:Kellie Goodson, MS, CPXPDirector, ProgramsVizient
Moderator:Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHMAssociate Vice President, Clinic...
Social determinants of health (SDoH) are those factors in a person’s life—socioeconomic, educational, cultural, environmental—that create disparities in how that person accesses health care. On this episode, we examine how the COVID-19 outbreak has affected social determinants of health and impacted racial and ethnic minorities that already carry a disproportionate burden of morbidity and mortality.
Guest speaker:
Kellie Goodson, MS, CPXP
Director, Programs
Vizient
Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Associate Vice President, Clinical Resources
Vizient
Show Notes:
[02:04] Social determinants of health (SDoH) defined
[03:01] SDoH and health care
[04:59] VCU study on neighborhood and life expectancy
[06:25] COVID-19 and SDoH
[08:04] Historical context—“The Forgotten Aim”
Links | Resources:
Health care disparities in the age of coronavirus (The Harvard Gazette)
Click here
Rush Health Equity Report
Click here
Novant Health Spotlight
Click here
Steps for resolving health disparities in hospital readmissions (Vizient)
Click here
Healthy People website section on social determinants of health: Click here
CDC link: Click here
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