How Underused Medical Codes for Social Needs Could Transform Health Care
How Underused Medical Codes for Social Needs Could Transform Health Care © (Getty Images) senior patient wearing face mask The Allegheny Health Network is a nine-hospital health system spread across the Pittsburgh area in western Pennsylvania. Of the millions of patients the system sees each year, one in particular stands out to Deborah Donovan, vice president of social determinants of health strategy and operations at Highmark Health, AHN's parent company. The patient was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer but was not showing up for critical follow-up care. Providers discovered that he...
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