Meeting Patients’ Needs – the Role of the Provider

Taking on a more holistic approach to care requires consideration of a patient’s social determinants of health (SDoH). Amongst these factors is whether the patient’s basic needs are being met. A recent survey of 75 provider systems found that most providers are considering SDoH, but these efforts tend to be directed at specific patient groups rather than the whole.

According to McKinsey & Company, “But while providers recognize that social determinants of health are important and prioritize them conceptually, few have developed the capabilities needed to achieve the desired outcome. This lack of capabilities could adversely affect both physicians and patients—with patients facing challenges in getting their basic needs met and physicians struggling with burnout from the limited support available to them to address those needs. Recent findings substantiate this: six in ten physicians report feeling inadequately resourced and burned out in their efforts to address SDoH.”

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(Source: McKinsey & Company, August 11th, 2022)