Improving health determinants outside of the clinic does not mean outside of clinical science

Publication date: Available online 27 June 2019Source: HealthcareAuthor(s): Ted Smith, T. Joseph Mattingly, Lane SlabaughAbstractThere has been steady and growing interest in addressing patient health beyond the traditional interactions with clinicians. Much attention has been given to the social determinants of health which are associated with many non-communicable diseases. A challenge to the healthcare delivery system is to incorporate these environmental circumstances into a coherent diagnosis and treatment framework. As clinicians are expected to help transform the healthcare delivery systems to consider these extra-clinical factors, they may benefit from better understanding of pathways to disease. Similarly, payment systems should incorporate health economics outcomes research to augment the healthcare utilization measures used frequently today.
Source: Healthcare - Category: Middle East Health Source Type: research