We know that social determinants of health such as housing instability, food insecurity, transportation barriers and limited access to education significantly influence individuals’ health outcomes. By screening for these factors, healthcare providers can provide, or healthcare providers can gain a more comprehensive understanding of patients' lives beyond their medical conditions. This holistic approach allows for tailored interventions that address the root causes of health disparities.Heather Blonsky, Lead Data Scientist at Vizient, joins host Margaret Rudisill to talk about this topic and how we have used our Vizient vulnerability index tool, lovingly called the VVI tool, to address some of the nonclinical issues of each organization's top 2% in patient utilizers in our current collaborative, creating capacity transitioning of high-risk patients. Guests:Heather BlonskyLead Data ScientistVizient Moderator:Margaret RudisillPI Program DirectorVizient Show Notes: [[[[[[ Links | Resources:For more information, email [email protected] Subscribe Today!Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle PodcastsAndroidRSS Feed