AHA resource spotlights efforts to address social needs and health inequity during COVID-19
An updated AHA resource examines the impact of the social determinants of health on patients and communities as they battle the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The resource shares ideas and case examples that can help hospitals address, screen for and document ongoing social needs, such as housing and food concerns, while also looking at unconscious bias.
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