Understanding the Importance of Utilizing Social Determinants of Health

As the healthcare system becomes increasingly challenging for patients to successfully navigate, patient service programs have naturally evolved to provide holistic support for patient access, affordability, and adherence. As we understand more about these patients’ journey, this holistic support is extending to include nonmedical factors that affect patient outcomes.

These social determinants of health (SDOH) are also now a key initiative for government and health organizations. There are straightforward but highly effective ways you can mitigate these environmental challenges for patients.

In our latest whitepaper, VP of Patient Access & Strategic Engagement Dana Edwards breaks down how your patient services program design can effectively the five areas in the SDOH action plan framework developed by the US Office of Health and Human Services.

Download the white paper using the form to the right to read in full.

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