The Beat Live at ViVE: Improving Healthcare Outcomes through Social Care with Melissa Sherry of Unite Us
May 17, 2022
15:45
About Melissa Sherry:
Melissa Sherry is the VP of Social Care Integration at Unite Us and designs payment technology to increase funding for community programs. She holds an M.P.H and a Ph.D. from the Department of Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Things You’ll Learn:
- Unite Us is building coordinated care networks to make sure individuals’ basic needs are met and their social care journey is achieved.
- Housing is an important social determinant in patients’ care in terms of access and quality.
- Determinants like access to electricity, food, and medication all work in a snowball effect.
- Unlike healthcare language, the language around social care is currently being standardized by projects like the Gravity Project and Unite Us.
- Unite Us is using technology, along with structured data, in order to allow referrals to be easily sent through its platform.
- Social needs affect outcomes across all different sectors, including healthcare.
Resources:
- Connect and follow Melissa Sherry on LinkedIn.
- Follow Unite Us on LinkedIn.
- Discover the Unite Us Website.
- Explore the Gravity Project Website.