In a Pennsylvania study, decreases in cost-of-care offset the expenses of community health worker teams. This article appears in the May/June 2020 edition of HealthLeaders magazine. A community health ...

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey found success piloting a program targeting the social determinants of health in Newark. Now, the insurer is taking its Neighbors in Health initiative to 11 ...

RWJBarnabas Health has launched its new social determinants of health program, Health Beyond the Hospital, in collaboration with NowPow and ConsejoSano to refer and connect patients to community-based ...

Northwell Health in New York has launched a program to address food insecurity and is tracking readmissions rates to determine the success of focusing on the social determinants of health. Since the ...

Cleveland-based MetroHealth integrated Unite Us’ electronic resource referral platform within its EHR to better track and coordinate resources for patients’ social determinants of health needs, ...

Recent social science research -- particularly evaluation research and cost-benefit analysis -- has produced a substantial and very useful literature on the impact of public policy and on the ...