In: Advancing Health Equity: Gauging the Impact of Data-Driven Interventions to Assess, Improve, Maintain or Promote Health of Individuals

Interventions that address social determinants of health (SDOH) must be based on patient health and demographic data. The electronic health record (EHR) comprises comprehensive data from the populations that nurse leaders can use for the communities they serve. Demographic data included in the EHR are not only critical to facilitating an understanding of SDOH within the population but are significant to understanding the extent of diversity within the healthcare workforce that supports diverse populations.
Source: Nurse Leader - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research