Article Excerpt: One of the most daunting challenges facing healthcare organizations today is how to improve care results and patient outcomes for those negatively impacted by social determinants of health (SDOH)… Social determinants are also associated with patient nonadherence, which adds another wrinkle to the already complex problem… The question then becomes what strategies can providers leverage to address social determinants and nonadherence that will lead to improved patient engagement and outcomes? One current approach is for providers to reassess how they connect with patients that fall within these demographics and consider tapping the technology that most people use every day. Text messaging has been found to be one of the most effective and efficient ways to extend a provider’s reach to patients and get results.
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Article Source: Medical Economics