The effect of COVID-19 on social determinants of health – Part 2

On this episode, we consider lessons learned from the impact COVID-19 has made on the already huge disparities in care that racial and ethnic minorities experience. Our discussion establishes how health care organizations, many of whom are struggling financially, can focus their resources on alleviating those care disparities without bearing a heavy burden in the process.

Guest speaker:
Kellie Goodson, MS, CPXP
Director, Programs
Vizient

Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Associate Vice President
Clinical Resources
Vizient

 

Show Notes:

[00:25] Social determinants of health (SDoH) and future pandemics

[01:33] Rural communities

[02:33] Unaddressed social determinants

[03:06] Six questions to ask

[03:55] Responsibility not on physicians alone

[05:18] SDoH as an etiological factor

[06:08] Novant Health example

[07:34] Effective use of resources to alleviate SDoH

[08:53] Rush University Health Equity Report

[09:45] Effectively collecting race, ethnicity and language data: training

[11:07] Lessons from Tuskegee Experiments

 

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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