Data To Address Social Determinants—The Two-Edged Sword

When it comes to harnessing the power of data and augmented intelligence, you can’t have it both ways. It’s hard to address someone’s needs if you don’t know a lot about them. But that always opens up the data to use by organizations with less than benevolent intentions.

That was my takeaway of a recent article, It’s Time To Open Up Health Care’s Secret Analytics. There are two key points. First, the potential to address social determinant of health by implementing early interventions that prevent unnecessary use of the health care system could cut . . .