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Digital determinants of health important with growing technology usage

Association of Health Care Journalists

As health journalists, many of us have written about or are familiar with social determinants of health (SDOH) — how the places where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship and age affect health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and health risks. But certain populations remain challenged.

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Rural America is a Fertile Field for Digital Health

The Health Care Blog

Our rural health care system has suffered badly during the COVID-19 pandemic. It entered the pandemic with severe structural weaknesses, including magnified health disparities and inequities, lower rates of vaccination in the general population, and high risk of rural hospital closures. BY ERIC LARSEN and TOMMY IBRAHIM.

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Decentralized: Navigating the future of inclusive clinical trials

Association of Health Care Journalists

Moderator Jyoti Madhusoodanan AHCJ Civic Science Fellow Jyoti Madhusoodanan is AHCJs Civic Science Fellow, covering race in health algorithms as part of a year-long fellowship funded by the Doris Duke Foundation. Moderator Lara Salahi AHCJ Health Equity Beat Leader Lara Salahi is AHCJs health beat leader on health equity.