Background: Interprofessional Education (IPE) has been gaining momentum in academic institutions across the United States since the initiation of the core competencies of interprofessional collaborative practice (IPC). Research suggests that student learners who engage in IPE become interprofessional team members who respect others’ roles and work towards creating positive health outcomes. While the promise of [...]

Background: Socioeconomic status (SES) has been shown to have an association with patient health outcomes, including risk of hospital readmission. However, most SES data involve self-reported or aggregated information rather than objective individual measures. HOUSES provides an objective individual metric based upon real property data collected from county assessors that has been validated in other [...]

Background: Previous work at our major academic medical center found that compared to White patients, Black and Latinx patients with a primary diagnosis of congestive heart failure (CHF) were significantly less likely to be admitted to our specialized cardiology service rather than our general medicine service (GMS). This work additionally found that CHF patients admitted [...]

Background: Social determinants of health (SDH) are living and work conditions which affect health and functioning. [1] Unmet social needs may contribute to increased medical utilization and worse health outcomes. For example, patients with sickle cell who report financial strain have more admissions and readmissions. [2] Adults with cancer and housing insecurity are more likely [...]