Back in 2021, I was working as a public health consultant and became increasingly interested in the role healthcare plays in supporting a patient’s social care needs. A colleague at the time put me onto Coffee & Conversations, a research-based...
In today’s healthcare landscape, tackling health disparities is both a critical, moral and strategic necessity. The impact of inequities—rooted in factors such as race, ethnicity, and language (REaL)—can significantly affect patient outcomes and...
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is all around us. Whether you’ve been warned by a healthcare provider that your LDL levels are too high, or a loved one has experienced a heart attack or stroke, many of us have been touched in some way by the disease....
With one in three primary care visits resulting in a referral, the referral represents a critical inflection point in a patient's care journey1,2. The success of that referral is dependent on a high-functioning, synergistic collaboration between...
One year ago, I started with Azara Healthcare on the Clinical Transformation team. I remember my first day like it was yesterday – walking through the glass doors of our Burlington office overflowing with nerves and excitement. I found my way to a...
Social Drivers of Health (SDOH) are the non-medical factors that impact an individual's health outcomes. The places where people live, work, learn, worship, play and age are shaped by systems of power that contribute to the health disparities we see...
