Amid the Pandemic, What Can we Learn about the SDoH? - A Possible Upside to Result from the Current Global Crisis

​By Susan Gatehouse, RHIT, CCS,CPC, AHIMA-Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer

As we look to the future, there is hope for positive change to come from the COVID-19 pandemic. The vulnerabilities that are certain to be exposed in our health system from this unprecedented event may help to assist in heightening focus on Social Determinants of Health, (SDoH), to prevent mass spread of disease, unnecessary loss of lives, and ultimately address global health inequities.

There is much the healthcare community can learn from this crisis -- In an article published by ICD10 Monitor News, Susan Gatehouse, CEO of Axea Solutions examines certain challenges associated with COVID-19 that may inspire real change in healthcare.

​Read the article in its entirety at ICD10 Monitor News.