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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Different factors, such as food security, affect the health of a community.</li><li>Collaborative partnerships and anonymous data sharing can identify needs and improve outcomes.</li></ul>For decades, a lack of affordable housing has plagued low-income residents of Hawaii, especially in Honolulu.But a deep dive into available data showed an even greater problem that's negatively affecting the health of many Hawaiians: food insecurity.Access to affordable housing and food are examples of social determinants of health, the conditions in the places where people live, learn, work, and play that affect a wide range of health and quality-of-life risks and outcomes. A <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26526164/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">study</a> published by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that 80% of a person's health was determined by what happened outside a doctor's office.Because these social determinants of health, and many others, can cause significant problems for millions of Americans, identifying specific needs within a particular city or neighborhood can inform public-health decisions that lead to better outcomes for its residents."A significant amount of the challenges standing in the way of health and health equity are tied to unique issues within each community," said Catherine Anderson, the senior vice president of policy and strategy at UnitedHealthcare Community &amp; State. "Without a data-informed approach, you're throwing resources at challenges that may not be the right ones for that community."By applying state-of-the-art data collection and analytics tools to its members' anonymized health data, and informed by community insights, <a href="https://www.uhc.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">UnitedHealthcare</a> — one of the nation's leading health-benefits providers — is working with select partners in more than two dozen communities to close gaps in <keyword id="11897506" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="healthcare" source="Orion">healthcare</keyword> and address health-equity challenges.<h2>Collecting data leads to better health outcomes</h2>The program, launched earlier in 2021, is called <a href="https://newsroom.uhc.com/community/catalyst.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">UnitedHealthcare Catalyst</a>, and it's designed to expand access to healthcare to address each community's needs. As Anderson said when the program launched, its goal is "to bring the right partners together to align primary and behavioral health with social needs, creating initiatives that improve health outcomes and provide equitable care for all."A Catalyst partner is the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities, a nonprofit organization working to preserve and improve public and affordable housing. Anderson said analysis of UnitedHealthcare claims and other data showed that residents of publicly assisted housing were often among the most difficult to reach and serve regarding health needs."Tens of thousands of our members live in public housing, so CLPHA has been a key partner for us," Anderson said. "But public-housing authorities don't have access to public-health data. Working together, we can understand what is happening to the people who live in their units, and what can be done to improve their lives."<h2>Local partnerships make community care more effective</h2>Research shows that increasing well visits and screenings, while vitally important to improving health outcomes, doesn't eliminate all health-equity gaps. Thus, it's essential to create approaches that are rooted in data and reflect the perspectives of the people who live and work in the community.That's why, in addition to CLPHA, UnitedHealthcare has forged partnerships with a multitude of other organizations, including public-housing agencies, federally qualified health centers, and community-based organizations. Each alliance is customized to address that community's social-determinants-of-health challenges, which can include such factors as poor access to transportation, food insecurity, low incomes, inadequate housing, and a lack of education. To date, UnitedHealthcare Catalyst has rolled out in 22 cities or counties in Arizona, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. Another 15 Catalyst partnerships are expected to launch in 2022.UnitedHealthcare Catalyst builds on and complements other UnitedHealthcare initiatives focused on helping improve health equity, promoting better health outcomes, and expanding health access for all people. Other UnitedHealthcare investments are supporting programs — and partnerships — that address food, transportation, and social-isolation issues, including $80 million to help minority populations disproportionately affected by COVID-19."I believe Catalyst and these other programs show the power of communities and partnerships to best serve the needs of all citizens," Anderson said.<a href="https://newsroom.uhc.com/community.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Learn more about UnitedHealthcare's community-focused partnerships here.</a>This post was created by <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sponsor-posts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored">Insider Studios</a> with <a href="https://www.uhc.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored nofollow sponsored nofollow sponsored">UnitedHealthcare</a>.

How public-private partnerships can help eliminate US healthcare gaps on a local level

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Here are the biggest moves tech giants have made into <keyword id="6354525" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="healthcare">healthcare</keyword> over the last few years.</li><li><keyword id="10387" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Microsoft">Microsoft</keyword> recently agreed to buy AI firm Nuance for $19.7B to bolster healthcare tech.</li><li><keyword id="18635" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Amazon">Amazon</keyword> has made investments in a variety of spaces, while <keyword id="943769" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Google-Health">Google Health</keyword> has struggled to make money.</li></ul>Microsoft just made its second-largest acquisition ever to buy AI firm Nuance for its healthcare-specific cloud technology - and it's just one way tech giants are investing heavily in digitizing medicine.The COVID-19 crisis in many ways put shortcomings in healthcare - like worker shortages and the prevalence of health conditions among <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cdc-us-not-as-healthy-as-other-nations-fighting-coronavirus-2020-6">young people</a> - on display to the public.But the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/introducing-the-30-leaders-under-40-transforming-healthcare-2020-2020-9">$3.6 trillion industry</a> has been a hot bed for investment and hiring as experts predict <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1464018/">healthcare to boom</a> as Baby Boomers get older and require more care.The country's largest tech firms - Microsoft, Amazon, <keyword id="6355629" type="DEFINITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="google">Google</keyword>, and <keyword id="6354427" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="apple">Apple</keyword> - have been hot on the healthcare trail for years. Here are tech's most recent moves and <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> as it seeks to revolutionize the care industry.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-microsoft-is-taking-on-google-and-amazon-in-healthcare-2020-9">Microsoft's healthcare strategy is all about the cloud. 2 executives lay out how it's taking on Google and Amazon as tech giants push deeper into the $3.6 trillion healthcare industry.</a><h2>Microsoft</h2>Microsoft launched <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-launches-cloud-for-healthcare-2020-5">Cloud for Healthcare</a>, the company's first industry-specific cloud offering, late last year. The product allows healthcare professionals to schedule and conduct virtual patient visits within Microsoft Teams, and monitor patients' medical devices remotely through Azure.The tech firm is attempting to plant its flag in digitizing and improving medical records to decrease the administrative tasks physicians need to do and lessen clinician burnout. Microsoft has <a href="https://news.microsoft.com/2020/09/15/nuance-and-microsoft-announce-the-integration-of-dragon-ambient-experience-and-microsoft-teams-for-virtual-telehealth-consults/">already worked with</a> Nuance's voice recognition and artificial intelligence tools to take note of conversations between patients and clinicians during telehealth visits on Microsoft Teams. "We believe that our solutions coupled with Microsoft's platform and capabilities will bring actually the practice of medicine back to that intimate physician, patient interaction, and really reduce that administrative burden," Nuance CEO Mark Benjamin told CNBC on the morning the acquisition was announced.The success or failure of Microsoft's healthcare ambitions can have implications for how the the firm builds industry-specific tools in the future, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-healthcare-power-players-health-next-2020-9">Insider's Ashley Stewart and Blake Dodge reported</a>.<h2>Amazon</h2>Like its sprawling e-commerce and cloud-computing ventures, Amazon has bet big on healthcare using multiple avenues.The company launched <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-use-amazon-pharmacy-prescription-medications-delivery-free">Amazon Pharmacy</a> in November, which can send most US customers their prescription medicine with no delivery fee. Prime members get special benefits, like discounts up to 80% on generic drugs when paying without insurance and two-day delivery when using Amazon Pharmacy.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-amazon-care-telehealth-employers-2020-12">Amazon wants to provide medical care to workers at major companies. Here's an inside look at Amazon Care.</a>Amazon said its recently-debuted Halo wearable can analyze a user's voice through their speech and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-halo-app-wristband-launch-detect-mood-speech-body-fat-2020-8">calculate body fat percentage using a smartphone camera</a>, two features that separate it from competitors Fitbit and Apple Watch.But Amazon's most ambitious endeavor is developing a way to connect workers at other companies with primary care specialists for online and in-person visits. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-amazon-care-telehealth-employers-2020-12">Insider reported</a> Amazon intends to sell the primary care service - dubbed Amazon Care - to companies looking to decrease the cost of employee healthcare. <h2>Google</h2>Google has had perhaps the most tumultuous time establishing a healthcare venture.Three top Google Health executives - including the director of global deployment - recently <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-health-loses-key-executives-as-group-struggles-to-focus-2020-12">left the project</a>. The tech giant first launched Google health in 2012 but shuttered it after only two years due to little user interest.Though Google Health came back under new leadership in 2018, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-health-strategy-identity-alphabet-flux-2020-9">Insider's Blake Dodge and Hugh Langley have reported</a> that the team has struggled to define its mission and figure out how to make money.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-18-power-players-shaping-googles-burgeoning-healthcare-business-2020-8">The 16 power players at Google Health shaping the tech giant's secretive healthcare business</a>Public backlash over privacy concerns <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-health-strategy-identity-alphabet-flux-2020-9">hindered</a> Google Health's first major partnership with health system Ascension to store health records in the cloud. The US <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-ascension-collecting-private-health-data-wall-street-journal-2019-11">opened a probe</a> into the partnership to determine whether Google's use of medical records breaks privacy law.And insiders said Verily, a life sciences research company, might <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/verily-ceo-vowed-to-end-siblng-rivalry-with-google-health-2020-7">break away from Google's parent company Alphabet</a> to run as an independent company.Google's health venture has had recent wins, like finalizing its $2.1 acquisition of Fitbit in January. US regulators are <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fitbit-completes-merger-with-google-2021-1">still determining</a> whether the deal breaks anti-competition law. The company also launched <a href="https://health.google/for-clinicians/care-studio/">Care Studio</a>, a tool that helps clinicians organize patient data, and started a <a href="https://cloud.google.com/press-releases/2020/0824/google-cloud-amwell">$100 million partnership</a> between Google Cloud and telehealth platform Amwell.<h2>Apple</h2>Apple has continued to invest in helping users with personal health through the Watch. In September, Apple debuted a new $400 Apple Watch that measures a wearer's blood oxygen levels and heart rhythms.And though not exactly healthcare, Apple just launched <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/do-you-need-an-apple-watch-for-apple-fitness-plus">Fitness Plus</a>, a subscription workout service that rivals Peloton. The $9.99 per month feature requires an Apple Watch to sign up. Insurer UnitedHealthcare offered enrollees a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apples-top-5-healthcare-moves-in-2020-2020-12">free six-month subscription</a> to Fitness Plus.Similar to Google, some Apple insiders had said <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-health-team-turmoil-report-2019-8">in 2019</a> the health team lacked focus and growth.Microsoft and Google did not have additional comment to add. Amazon and Apple were not immediately available for comment.

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