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Capturing Social Determinants of Health Using Z Codes

Your Role in Z Codes & SDOH

As an administrator who oversees a health care facility’s budget and operations, you lead change at your organization.

You can guide the development and use of systems or processes to systematically collect, code, and analyze SDOH information. You can also create interventions to deal with SDOH issues and use Z code data to tell you what’s working.

You can reduce the impact of social risk factors on patient health outcomes within your facility and beyond.