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Question: I know there’s a huge push to document social determinants of health (SDOH) for patients, but I don’t really understand the point. The practice where I work sees a lot of folks who struggling. It feels like we’re robbing them of dignity to talk about it in their medical records. Why do we have to record that information? West [...]
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