12.10.2021 | Health Leads
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout for children ages 5-11 is well underway. Booster shots are now approved for everyone 18 and older. If enough eligible people get vaccinated, we will get through the pandemic faster, and save lives. But misinformation continues ...
Looking for a quick brief on our latest study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine? Healthcare DIVE breaks down what you need to know.
Learn more about our new study–conducted in collaboration with Harvard Medical School investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital–which found that enrollment in a resource needs intervention helped patients improve blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
“It can be daunting for a health system to feel all of a sudden responsible for poverty,” but there’s also a “huge appetite” for this kind of work, says Rebecca Onie, Health Leads founder.
Patients who were screened for social needs and then helped getting food, medication and other necessities saw subsequent improvements in blood pressure and cholesterol levels, shows a new study by Mass General Hospital and Health Leads.
