Episode Details

About Melissa Sherry:

Melissa Sherry is the VP of Social Care Integration at Unite Us and designs payment technology to increase funding for community programs. She holds an M.P.H and a Ph.D. from the Department of Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Things You’ll Learn:

• Unite Us is building coordinated care networks to make sure individuals’ basic needs are met and their social care journey is achieved.
• Housing is an important social determinant in patients’ care in terms of access and quality.
• Determinants like access to electricity, food, and medication all work in a snowball effect.
• Unlike healthcare language, the language around social care is currently being standardized by projects like the Gravity Project and Unite Us.
• Unite Us is using technology, along with structured data, in order to allow referrals to be easily sent through its platform.
• Social needs affect outcomes across all different sectors, including healthcare.

Resources:

• Connect and follow Melissa Sherry on LinkedIn.
• Follow Unite Us on LinkedIn.
• Discover the Unite Us Website.
• Explore the Gravity Project Website.