{"id":385742,"date":"2019-06-10T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=385742"},"modified":"2019-06-10T12:00:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T16:00:40","slug":"2019-d-health-summit-addresses-social-determinants-of-health-385742","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/2019-d-health-summit-addresses-social-determinants-of-health-385742\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 d.health Summit addresses social determinants of health"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2019 d.health Summit, organized by the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ and taking place this June in Boston, will address the social determinants of health\u2014non-medical factors such as economic security, education, physical environment, employment, social support networks, and access to health care. These forces are essential to improving well-being and reducing health disparities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese social factors have an enormous impact on healthy aging, but they seem to be rarely addressed by the typical geriatric clinical care systems for our senior population,\u201d says Avi Seidmann, Xerox Professor of Computers and Information Systems and Operations Management at the Simon Business School<\/a> and one of the d.health Summit cochairs. \u201cThe 2019 d.health Summit will address and showcase some innovative technologies aimed at reducing loneliness, increasing social connectedness, and providing effective home monitoring.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now in its fifth year, the d.health Summit will convene more than 200 leaders from across health care, advocacy, technology, and policy on Tuesday, June 11 in Boston. The program aims to improve understanding of the social determinants of health, highlight breakthrough initiatives and emerging partnerships, introduce disruptive technologies, and inspire solutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy any measure, the social determinants of health are far more important factors in an individual\u2019s and certainly a society\u2019s health than anything that my medical colleagues and I do,\u201d says Ray Dorsey, cochair of the d.health Summit and director of the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½\u2019s Center for Health + Technology.<\/a><\/p>\n

Keynote speakers for the summit include:<\/p>\n