SDOH

Clinical instructor at Georgia State University's health informatics program Marci Bennafield tells how mobile devices help researchers gauge health inequities and how customizing innovation can help address barriers to access to care.

AWS plans to select organizations focused on boosting health access, addressing SDoH and using data to form a more equitable health system.

This M&A comes just a month after Unite Us acquired Carrot Health. 

Dr. Walter Suarez, Executive Director for Health IT Strategy and Policy for Kaiser Permanente's Technology Risk Office, discussed why the time is right to address health inequities today at HIMSS21.

Providers must go beyond just learning about a patient's SDOH to change the game; they must also support changes. 

Also: PainChek's app picks up European and Australian regulatory clearances; Digital health access as a social determinant of health.

Now valued at more than $1 billion, the startup provides virtual care and local support services to patients who may otherwise fall through the cracks.

Formed under the banners of the Consumer Technology Association and the Connected Health Initiative, the coalition's membership includes big names like Google, Boston Children's Hospital, Microsoft, ResMed and others.

This comes a year after its last $63 million funding round.