More SDoH Data Needed to Investigate Cardiovascular Health Equity

A recently published study in AJPM Focus found that data regarding the social determinants of health (SDoH) that impact cardiovascular disease outcomes is sorely lacking. Interviews with several healthcare leaders across New York City revealed that health systems are prioritizing SDoH, but several barriers stand in the way of implementation efforts.

According to Maggie L. Shaw, “Barriers to the collection, sharing, and use of more comprehensive and updated SDOH data include manual data entry; unanswered screening questions on race, ethnicity, and housing status; lack of standardization in data collection; and outdated data, with the investigators pointing to most systems’ reliance on patient self-reporting of SDOH, the laborious process of reaching out to patients on an individual basis, and lack of interoperability between HER systems as hindrances.”

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(Source: AJMC, March 29^th, 2023)