With changes in the federal funding landscape for health related social needs, we are at an innovative time in the SDOH landscape. Government and community based organizations are joining together to provide coalitions of services to address SDOH needs beyond the doctor's office. While social determinants of health (SDOH) have clear, inequitable impacts on health outcomes, more and more organizations are beginning to recognize the value in addressing these to promote overall

Social determinants of health affect all of us, though some more than others. There are financial impacts of SDOH on all, but we also carry a moral obligation for health equity amongst all, regardless of zip code. Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the environmental surroundings that affect people’s health in upstream and downstream ways. Examples of this include access to safe housing, food and financial resources, educational background, or the support of a person’s..

Health is influenced by more than just what occurs in a doctor's office. Social determinants of health are environmental and structural factors that drive health outcomes, often inequitably. Time and time again, initiatives are showing the success of whole person healthcare. One physician,  Dr. Julian Tudor Hart, increased his time spent with patients and his efforts to provide comprehensive care outside the doctor’s office for a community in Wales. The results? Lowered rates