The settings in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, and age are known as social determinants of health or SDOH. These non-medical elements influence a wide range of health, functional, and ...

Background Despite anticoagulation, patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) experience persistent elevated cardiovascular risk ...

Residence in a more disadvantaged neighborhood was associated with higher likelihood of being a high-cost utilizer among older adults and lower likelihood among younger adults. Objectives: To assess ...

Finely tuned models showed success in consistently extracting information like housing or employment status that often isn’t systematically organized in clinical notes. But using large language models ...

Dental caries is the most prevalent chronic disease affecting children globally, posing significant challenges to their ...

Social determinants of health (SDoH) can create major barriers for access to care. Jeffrey D. Dunn, PharmD, MBA: Right now, there’s a hot topic: social determinants of health. We see that a lot. I’m ...

In new research on the status of cancer disparities in the United States, American Cancer Society (ACS) scientists report higher cancer mortality rates among adults living in rural areas, certain ...

Decode Colorado, digs into the healthcare landscape in Colorado. When you consider how, when, and why you get sick or deal with certain health conditions, are factors like race, socioeconomic status, ...