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Using Z Codes to Reduce Disparities in Health Outcomes in Rural Indiana
Hospitals and health systems are working to address the societal factors that influence health, including the social needs of their patients, social drivers of health in their communities and the root causes that lead to health disparities.
Societal Factors That Influence Health
AHA presents a framework to support hospitals and health systems and actions they can take at each level (structural, community, personal) to improve health equity. Numerous studies have demonstrated a link between the social drivers of health and key health outcomes. AHA has worked to promote widespread use of ICD-10-CM codes that enable provider to collect data on the social drivers of health
2025 Environmental Scan
The 2024 AHA Environmental Scan details data and trends that have implications for the health care field for the coming year and beyond. The Scan will help your staff, leadership and board strategize and plan for the future.
Resource on ICD-10-CM Coding for Social Determinants of Health
Understand the role of ICD-10-CM codes in tracking and addressing patients' medical and social needs for personalized care.
Innovation Centers to Share Their Success Stories
Leading health care organizations will share their success stories at the AHA Executive Forum in Chicago, Dec. 3-4. The AHA member-exclusive event will include presentations on a broad range of innovation projects.
The Value Initiative Members In Action: Trinity Health – Livonia, Mich.
Trinity Health – Livonia, Mich.
Screening for Social Needs: Guiding Care Teams to Engage Patients
This toolkit aims to help hospitals and health systems facilitate sensitive conversations with patients about their nonmedical needs that may be a barrier to good health.
Want to Engage Patients in Population Health? Find a Partner
Partnerships among various stakeholders in the health care ecosystem will be key to successfully engaging patients in population health models, explained panelists at the recent 2019 MIT Sloan Healthcare & BioInnovations Conference in Boston. Providers who are responsible for managing health and disease prevention must focus upstream, encouraging healthful behaviors and impacting the social determinants of health.
The Value Initiative Members In Action: NewYork-Presbyterian New York, NY
When patients from specific neighborhoods come to NewYork-Presbyterian for medical care, they are now screened for social determinants of health and linked to community resources to support their return to health and wellness.