Strategic Planning / Patient Care / Delivery System Transformation
Population health

Social determinants of health: The ProMedica story

Poor education, food insecurity, underemployment and inadequate housing all can harm an individual’s — and community’s — health.

Ian Morrison
September 11, 2017
KEYWORDS community partnerships / health care disparities / hospitals / population health / promedica / social determinants
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Health systems are recognizing that social factors affect health. ProMedica in Toledo, Ohio, shows how to turn that knowledge into strategy.

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