1. Introducing

2. Photo taken with permission
Mrs. M

3. Mrs. M had a chronic
headache. She visited 3
Emergency Rooms (ER) in 1
month, but still had no
Good diagnosis nor a treatment
plan.
Care?
Overall, she had:
2 CAT scans of her head
1 Lumbar puncture
Blood tests
Pain medicines
Out-of-pocket charges
Missed work
Lost income
And she was still sick
Photo taken with permission

4. After 3 ER visits, a clinic noted
that she lived in an area
endemic for unhealthy housing.
A medical assistant screened her
Better for housing risks.
Care Mrs. M lived in a damp, moldy
home.
With that data, the MD correctly
diagnosed her in 12 minutes with
a housing-related illness. He
treated her with meds and a
healthy housing program.
Photo taken with permission Mrs.M & her home got better.

5. Treating people
without tackling
the conditions that
make them sick is
a losing value
proposition
- Very costly
- Less effective
- Unjust
- Unsatisfying
- Unsustainable
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6. The Current
Standard of
Care Is
Not Good
Enough

7. A better standard
of care adds value
by tackling health-
critical social and
environmental
conditions
and is essential to
building a pay-for-
value healthcare
system

8. Glimpses
of this better standard
of care are out there

9. Yet 4 out of 5 physicians still
feel under-equipped to
address their patients’ social
needs
-RWJF “Health Care’s Blind Side” Dec 2011
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10. Why?

11. Healthcare lacks the knowledge and tools
to tackle social determinants of health
We don’t have enough data or
ways to identify and share clinical
innovations for population health
Structural &
macro-incentives
to integrate
population health
interventions and
medical care are
not strong enough

12. Healthcare can be better but
care teams and clinics lack
q Training & Tools
q Incentives
q Actionable data
q Resources or time
q Networks & support
to tackle the social
determinants of health

13. That's why we started

14. Who are we?
A socially-responsible startup
founded by physicians that
provides expertise and
technology to help healthcare
improve health where it begins

15. What do we do?

16. We’ve
Built a
Network
We built an online platform
where frontline health
professionals, experts, and
population health advocates
can share ideas and innovations

17. Now, we’re adding a new service to help
health professionals, students, and experts:
Ask and answer questions
about social or environmental
factors that impact patients

18. The “Biosocial Curbside”
1. Ask a question 2. Experts, like a
online anytime lawyer or social
about a health- worker, answer
critical social or question.
environmental issue
3. Users rate answers and tell friends.
Experts earn points for good answers.

19. Help build the Q&A service
Ask your questions today!
Visit the HealthBegins website and
click “Ask a Question”.
Not yet a member? Sign up to be a member of
our closed beta at healthbegins.ning.com

20. Stay Tuned
We will soon release more tools to
help health professionals and clinics
to:
Find Community-Based Resources
for patients
Transform Clinical Practice to
address social determinants of
health

21. Thanks!