MCFAM Seminar Series: “Quantifying the Impact of the Social Determinants of Health in the COVID-19 Era"

Free Seminar

Please join us for our next seminar of fall semester via Zoom. This seminar will feature Shae Armstrong from Optum who will speak on quantifying the impact of the social determinants of health in the COVID-19 era.

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Shae Armstrong, Senior Healthcare Economic Consultant, OptumCare, Optum

About the lecture
The Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) are key factors in each person’s environment and life that influence clinical outcomes of their health and wellbeing. These factors include, but are not limited to, income, housing, food security, education, and geography. In the age of COVID-19, understanding these factors and how they correlate to each other is more important than ever. Once the healthcare industry gains insight on these clinical and financial impacts, it needs to translate that insight into policy to mitigate root cause issues to better serve patients across the country.

During this lecture, Armstrong will lay the foundation by defining what the Social Determinants of Health are and the various categories they fall into. She will also examine what data sources feed various SDoH models and limitations of said data sources. Next, she will conduct a deep-dive examination on a variety of case studies and models aimed at quantifying the short-term and long-term clinical and financial impacts of COVID-19. From there, she will touch on the future and impact of healthcare data analytics within the healthcare industry and as human beings navigating an unprecedented pandemic.

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Start date
Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, 7:30 p.m.
End date
Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, 8:30 p.m.
Location

Zoom

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