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How communities can better prepare for post-emergency telehealth deployments

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

For example, Flagstaff, Arizona, has a mobile medical unit called the " Big Orange Bus " that visits homeless shelters, schools, and businesses. Region Tag: Global Edition. Follow him on Twitter @cjsettles101.

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The Foursquare Framework for investing in HealthTech based on Medicine Needs and Social Needs

Lloyd Price

In January, a single therapy to treat a rare form of blindness received a price tag of $850,000. He'd particularly like to see more investment in tools and services to support people with substance abuse issues, such as alcohol and opiates, as well as people who struggle with homelessness or transportation gaps. "We Who's left out?

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

Healthcare IT Today

Another report from CODE calls for better tagging of data with SDoH. We should know, for instance, not only how many people in a city are unhoused (homeless), but how many Asians, etc. .” (page 25) A similar call for equity through the use of SDoH data, including community engagement, was made in an IBM paper in 2022.