A portion of CyncHealth’s December Health Information Technology (HIT) Board meeting focused on social care standards and terminology in development and recommending terminology be mapped to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) standards. Two real-world examples for social determinants of health (SDOH or SDH) were reviewed. The next meeting is March 7, 2024.
- December 2024 minutes yet to be Board approved
- Nebraska DHHS, U.S. DHHS & WHO Social Determinants of Health
Examples
U.S. DHHS and WHO Social Determinants of Health
Nebraska DHHS, Public Health Social Determinants of Health, Coding in Patients, Nebraska DHHS Public Health 2021 SDOH Report Card
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services “Healthy People 2030” site describes 5 social determinants of health (SDH): economic stability; education access and quality; health care access and quality; neighborhood and built environment; and social and community context.
Social Determinants of Health Data Sharing at the Community Level report, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Service, 2021. “Several interviewees mentioned the possibility of making participation in collaborative data platforms a requirement for federal and/or state models, demonstrations, and/or payment programs. Likewise, the government
could encourage the use of community resource referral platforms and/or exchange standards and/or connections with these initiatives via managed care contracts; however, interviewees also noted the need to balance mandates with positive incentives.”
According to the World Health Organization, social determinants of health are, “the circumstances in which people are born, grow up, live, work and age, and the systems put in place to deal with illness. These circumstances are in turn shaped by a wider set of forces: economics, social policies, and politics.” The Operational Framework for World Health Resolution 74.16 is currently being prepared for publication and launch in early 2024.