Utilizing PHATE: A Population Health–Mapping Tool to Identify Areas of Food Insecurity

2019

Authors Lichkus, Jonathan, Liaw, Winston R, Phillips, Robert L
Topics Family Medicine Certification
Volume 17(4):372-372
Source Annals of Family Medicine

Family physicians have long recognized the importance of the social determinants of health, like adequate access to food, on a patient’s health status. Many physicians, however, lack the tools needed to effectively address them.1 At our health center we used a new population health-mapping tool to identify the geographic distribution of patients who screened positive for food insecurity.