Why a single question can predict outcomes better than many clinical assessments. Ask a resident one question — “how satisfied are you with your health?” — and their answer carries more predictive weight than most operators would believe. Across decades of large cohort studies, self-rated health independently predicts mortality and decline even after adjusting forContinue reading “Self-rated health as a leading indicator”
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Why senior living is ready for payor-aligned data
How quality of life, SDOH, and self-rated health map resident outcomes to the language of value-based care. For most of its history, senior living has spoken a different language than the rest of healthcare. Communities measured occupancy, incident counts, and satisfaction scores. Payors, health systems, and ACOs measured risk, utilization, and outcomes. The two vocabulariesContinue reading “Why senior living is ready for payor-aligned data”