Tag Archives: composite index

Assessment of Health for Housing Prioritization

By | September 4, 2025

Prioritization is at the center of affordable and supportive housing decisions. This is because resources such as these are extremely limited, and the needs of those who need housing support are complex. Communities must decide how to fairly and effectively determine who should receive housing opportunities first, and increasingly, those decisions rely on structured, coordinated… Read More »

Healthy Intersections Podcast: Local Climate Impact

By | August 22, 2024

How can we understand the local impact of climate change on our communities, now and in the future? All year, we are keeping up our focus on the climate crisis here on the blog and podcast. One of the biggest issues with understanding the impact of climate change is that the data on climate-related deaths… Read More »

Using data-driven quality measurement and analytics to build health equity

By | April 27, 2023

The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on underserved communities underscored the need for systemic change and renewed efforts to reduce health disparities in people with social risks.  This post describes a partnership between Inovalon and Humana to develop a new health equity composite quality measure to identify disadvantaged populations with the largest care disparities and determine… Read More »