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What will be the impact of COVID-19 on the next wave of health IT innovation?

Healthcare It News

And second, so much of what influences health takes place outside of healthcare settings, where patients live, work and play. Today there's a huge push to integrate social determinants of health data into these larger datasets, but we remain in a situation where that data is either not collected or too general to be useful.

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Debunking 4 Myths About Virtual Care to Drive Health Equity

HIT Consultant

Leveraging remote care to connect with this population can better support socioeconomically challenged seniors while increasing convenience and accessibility for all. MYTH 2: Lack of broadband = totally inaccessible communities REALITY: There’s no question that access to high-speed broadband internet is a social determinant of health.

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Debunking 3 Myths About Virtual Care to Drive Health Equity

HIT Consultant

Leveraging remote care to connect with this population can better support socioeconomically challenged seniors while increasing convenience and accessibility for all. MYTH 2: Lack of broadband = totally inaccessible communities REALITY: There’s no question that access to high-speed broadband internet is a social determinant of health.