Define social determinants of health and health-related social needs and identify critical ways in which they influence chronic disease and population health;
Identify existing data sources and measures to capture health-related social needs and social determinants of health in health care systems and considerations for implementation;
Discuss the need for cross-sector involvement to address social determinants of health and health-related social needs;
Describe evidence-based activities that can be implemented at different levels of the health care delivery system.
Previously, Dr. Livingston worked for 10 years with Oregon’s Health Evidence Review Commission (HERC) which is the public body in Oregon that determines coverage for the Medicaid population. As the Associate Medical Director of the HERC, she synthesized evidence into health care coverage policy including updating Oregon’s unique Prioritized List of Health Services and developing evidence-based Coverage Guidances for use across payers. Her policy work is balanced with an ongoing clinical family medicine practice as an Associate Professor in Family Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University in a Federally Qualified Health Center.