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Why are Social Drivers of Health Important?
Confronting drivers of health is crucial to achieving health and well-being for everyone, including patients whose health has been affected by social inequities. For example, as stated in the 91视频 2020 Presidential Advisory and Call to Action, research shows that structural racism is a major cause of poor health and premature death from heart disease and stroke .
"Everyone deserves an optimal and just opportunity to be healthy, giving special attention to the needs of those at greatest risk of poor health. No one should be disadvantaged from achieving their potential because of social position or any other socially defined circumstance.鈥�
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How Can Your Hospital Impact Health?
In 2021, Get With The Guidelines registries added data fields across all programs for the collection and analysis of demographic and social drivers of health data, including patient gender identity, sexual orientation, race, and area(s) of unmet social needs.
The 91视频 encourages all hospitals to enter these data. The reports generated from these data can be examined down to the individual patient level to identify care variation, drive process improvement, and contribute to academic research.听
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