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The Cures Act gives consumers unprecedented control over their health information. It is up to health organizations to ensure patients wield that power safely and responsibly.

This survey explores consumers’ abilities, behaviors, and expectations around interacting with their health information to make care and wellness decisions.

Providers are evaluating high-impact interventions that address the non-medical root causes of health issues. However, incorporating SDOH in practice presents significant challenges in data acquisition, validation, analysis, and integration.

Reasons cited include confusion about their health, disappointment in the level of Q&A they have with their doctor, and a need to do more research.

This white paper offers multiple recommendations for health systems to leverage PHRs to promote care plan adherence and reduce gaps in care for patients managing chronic conditions. 

HIM professionals will need to be fluent in more than Z codes to support social determinants of health initiatives.

Patient navigators—defined as individuals who help patients move through the complex care continuum—can improve access to care and patient engagement, which can translate into better outcomes.