How care coordination tech helped one health network address social determinants

Healthcare IT News: Social determinants of health – access to housing, food, education, transportation, employment and more – are key to wellness, because they're often the barriers that interfere with unmet physical and mental health needs.

"If someone is having any challenges around social determinants of health and are battling any physical or mental health need, their priority is going to shift toward making sure their social determinants of health need is met rather than the physical or mental health need," said Keshana Owens-Cody, director of community relations at Troy, New York-based Alliance for Better Health.

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