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April 2, 2021 / By Katie Christensen
I have started to hear the phrase “social determinants of health” being interspersed with the phrase “health equity.” Although the two phrases are related, there are some fundamental differences in […]
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March 31, 2021 / By Steve Delaronde
Childbirth is safer now than at any other time in U.S. history. Despite this, nearly 1 in 3 babies are born by Cesarean delivery, 1 in 7 are born into […]
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February 8, 2021 / By Steve Delaronde
In the first month of 2021, COVID-19 was the leading cause of death in the United States, surpassing heart disease and cancer. Except for the 1918 flu pandemic and the […]
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January 18, 2021 / By Katie Christensen
CMS has indicated that social determinants of health (SDOH) are not just an adjunct element to our health care ecosystem, but are increasingly driving the definition of health care itself […]
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November 25, 2020 / By L. Gordon Moore, MD
We’re in somewhat uncharted territory when it comes to measuring health care outcomes. Given the radical shifts in elective procedures, people avoiding care due to COVID-19 exposure concerns, and of […]
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With L. Gordon Moore, MD
Dr. Gordon Moore: Welcome to the 3M Inside Angle Podcast. This your host, Dr. Gordon Moore and with me today is Samantha Olds Frey. She’s the Chief Executive Officer of […]
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November 6, 2020 / By V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, PhD
This week’s AI Talk… Federal Health IT Strategic Plan The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published their latest five-year strategic plan for the 2020-2025 period. I’ve reviewed […]
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November 2, 2020 / By Katie Christensen
Social determinants of health. If we didn’t know the phrase before the COVID-19 pandemic, we have probably heard it by now. It refers to underlying factors that indirectly explain 90 […]
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October 7, 2020 / By Steve Delaronde
Primary care is the doorway to health care in the United States—at least in theory. The trust established between a patient and their primary care physician (PCP) allows the physician […]
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September 25, 2020 / By L. Gordon Moore, MD
In some estimates, medical care accounts for approximately 11 percent of a person’s health and wellness; the rest is made up of individual behaviors as well as environmental factors. When […]
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With L. Gordon Moore, MD
Gordon Moore: Hello, this is Gordon Moore, your host of the 3M Inside Angle podcast. With me today is Michelle Jester. She is the Executive Director of Social Determinants of […]
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July 1, 2020 / By Melissa Clarke, MD
Today’s blog is co-authored by Angela Diop, ND, CHCIO, and Andrew Robie, MD, of Unity Health Care in Washington DC. Dr. Robie is Chief Medical Information Officer and a family […]