Disparate and siloed data from multiple sources, in different structures, in the public and private sectors, challenges communities to collect and react to SDOH data.
The challenges can be overcome with digitization of the data, forming a longitudinal health record for the patient across different data sets for better predictive and risk score analysis, and by ensuring that data is shared in a secure and permissioned basis only.
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