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Community Health Worker

Promoting Healthy Behaviors through CHW Coaching

Community Health Worker-led interventions address health-related social needs through screening, connection to housing and food, and behavioral...

Care Coordination

Empowering Whole Person Care in Marin County

Marin County's Whole Person Care program utilizes CareHub platform to improve care coordination, outcomes for high-risk Medi-Cal beneficiaries and...

Social Drivers of Health

How Social Needs Interventions Improve Health Outcomes

Social factors & health: designing and evaluating successful interventions to address health-related social needs with community and collaboration.

Health Equity

Enabling Health Equity Through Inclusive Product Design

Create digital products and positive experiences that support people of all abilities, cultures, and preferences to enable health equity.

Social Drivers of Health

Ethical Data in Social Determinants of Health

Healthcare data impacts patient care quality. Social data and using it ethically is essential to address the root causes of poor health outcomes.

Health Equity

How Can Health Literacy Advance Health Equity?

What is health literacy & why is it important to ensure health equity? Read the impact of low health literacy and how to improve health literacy to...

Social Determinants of Health

How Proactive Social Care Can Address SDOH

social factors, such as housing, access to transportation, food security, & safety in relationships are the drivers for as much as 90% of medical...

Social Determinants of Health

Activate Care CEO Featured in MedCity News

How proactively addressing social determinants of health (SDOH) can drive better outcomes, lower healthcare costs

Celebrating National Nurses Week 2021

This National Nurses Week, we want to highlight the vital role nurses play in delivering care, promoting health equity, and making a difference.

How CIE Can Improve Patient Experience

A CIE coordinates systems of care for patients and providers. In a CIE model, information is more accessible and can be seen for the whole person.

Move for Mental Health: Let’s Invest

It’s on all of us to remove the stigma surrounding mental health and illness. Let’s all recognize how important it is to invest in better care.

Social Determinants of Health

Hunger Is on the Rise

Did you know that food insecurity is one of the most prevalent health issues America faces? Amid the current pandemic, this issue is worsening...

Care Coordination

Have You Ever Dialed 211?

211's have expanded their services, yet there are gaps to fill between providing information on local community resources and helping people get...

Social Determinants of Health

Breaking Down Language Barriers to Advance #TechQuity

Techquity is the consideration, design, development, and implementation of technology solutions that promote, assure and potentially enhance health...

Referrals

How Referrals Can Help in the Opioid Crisis

At a time when we are all experiencing a health pandemic at epic proportions, many Americans are also suffering another epidemic: opioid addiction.

Social Determinants of Health

How the Pandemic Changed Care Coordination

We take a look at exclusive data showing how COVID-19 has changed care coordination activity.

Exploring the Role of Payers in a Pandemic

Though this health crisis has placed a strain on healthcare systems, the nation’s health insurance companies find themselves profiting.

Social Determinants of Health

How EHRs Handle SDOH Data

The incorporation of SDOH data in medical settings is growing. Social needs have a significant impact on both individual wellbeing and clinical...

Social Determinants of Health

The Role of Community Paramedics During COVID-19

Hospitals and health systems have tapped their emergency services units and partner agencies to deliver more community paramedicine services to...

Social Determinants of Health

The Role of Nurses in Creating Accessible Care

Nurses' impact is felt at the front lines of this pandemic - both in the hospital, caring for the critically ill, but also in the community,...

Leading through change in a time of crisis

By leaning into our collective mission, and by understanding how care ecosystems are changing, we are finding better ways to address COVID-19 and...

Care Coordination

SDOH Challenges and Opportunities Across the Country

A couple of our leaders shared their thoughts on what our work in addressing SDOH means to them, and where we hope to make a difference in 2020.

Social Determinants of Health

2020 Outlook: From Referral Management to SDOH Outcomes

Much has changed in the world of social needs. In this post, our new Director of Community Engagement discusses how our collective focus has now...

Social Determinants of Health

2020 Outlook: New Year, New SDOH Policies

In the Era of SDOH Care, we expect to see changes in healthcare policies focused on SDOH arise. This blog takes a look at the top 3 SDOH care...

Social Determinants of Health

What's on the Horizon For Health Data Interoperability

Michael Sattler, talked with Mark Vafiades, Senior Advisor, ONC about the importance of health data interoperability, and what he sees for the...

Social Determinants of Health

2020 Outlook: The Rise of SDOH Executives

The social determinants of health have a new champion sitting amongst the executives in healthcare organizations. Learn about the importance of an...

Social Determinants of Health

Screening for SDOH: What do patients think?

SDOH affects everyone, but effectively addressing them requires patient participation. Here's some insight into their perspective on SDOH screening.

Social Determinants of Health

California Budgets to Improve SDOH

California hopes proper allocation of their $162.3 billion budget will help tackle some of the ongoing challenges their healthcare system faces.

Events & Webinars

Top SDOH Sessions at MHPA2019

MHPA is the largest Medicaid managed care annual conference, for everyone with a stake in the success of Medicaid. This year's theme: Innovation at...

Care Coordination

Data Privacy in School Nursing

The Network for Public Health Law recently shared guidance explaining how and when school nurses can share personal health information about students.

Events & Webinars

Top SDOH Sessions at SHIEC19

SHIEC19 promises more content on social determinants of health this year. Here are our top picks.

Care Coordination

Building Community-Based Models of Care

Our founder's personal story is a stark example of how challenging it can be to support individuals and families facing complex health and social...

Care Coordination

Housing First Profile: Seattle, WA

With Seattle’s homeless population exceeding 12,000, this northwestern city is fighting more than ever to keep people in housing and off the street.

Care Coordination

Housing First Profile: Denver, CO

The goal of Housing First is to end chronic homelessness, which can cost health and social services more than $29,000 per homeless person each year.

Care Coordination

Housing First Profile: Salt Lake City, UT

Every week in Salt Lake City, a group of leaders from local community organizations meet to evaluate housing openings and review the list of those in...

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