Inside Angle
From 3M Health Information Systems
Podcast
Conversations at the heart of moving health care forward.
Social determinants: Changing our view of the patient
When Dr. David Buck developed clinics for Houston’s indigent population in the mid-1980s, he learned first hand that his patients needed social and behavioral supports outside of traditional medicine. Three decades later, Buck and technologist Kallol Mahata founded the Patient Care Intervention Center (PCIC), which incorporates social determinants in coordinating care for Houston’s most vulnerable populations.
Buck and Mahata developed a technology platform that integrates social data—from jails, shelters, food banks and other community service organizations—with medical data to provide a holistic view of the patient. Always based on the patient’s values and health goals, their work has resulted in a savings of over $5 million and a reduction in ER visits by 54 percent.
Podcast Guests
David Buck, MD, MPH Founder and CEO, Patient Care Intervention Center
Kallol Mahata, MS Co-Founder and COO, Patient Care Intervention Center
Podcast Host
L. Gordon Moore, MD Senior Medical Director, Clinical Strategy and Value-based Care
