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Conduent Healthy Communities Institute Mental Health Index Is Newest Tool to Advance Equitable Whole-Person Care
New Mental Health Index visualizes data and analytics to help Providers prioritize investments to address disparities in mental health outcomes Latest
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[{"type":"text","content":"New Mental Health Index visualizes data and analytics to help Providers prioritize investments to address disparities in mental health outcomes Latest addition to the HCI SocioNeeds Index® Suite follows the Health Equity and Food Insecurity Indexes FLORHAM PARK, N.J., March 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Conduent Incorporated (Nasdaq: CNDT), a business process services and solutions company, today announced the addition of the Mental Health Index to its Healthy Communities Institute (HCI) data and analytics platform. The Mental Health Index visualizes local health and social determinants of health (SDoH) data as a composite measure to guide early interventions, investments, and collaborative partnerships. This index can be used by hospitals and health systems to improve access to care and address gaps in mental health outcomes. Amid rising rates of depression and anxiety, communities increasingly are looking to Providers to deliver a host of interventions to curb an acute and growing mental health crisis. As part of the HCI SocioNeeds Index® (SNI) Suite, The Mental Health Index provides validated analytics, ranked according to socioeconomic and wellness factors (such as access to healthcare, employment and household environment) that can be translated into interactive maps of neighborhoods to give hospitals and health systems insight to act. Healthcare and local government leaders can then work seamlessly with public and community partners to find the best pathways to care for individuals who are most at risk for poor mental health. “Adding the Mental Health Index to the HCI SNI Suite expands a community’s perspective into how mental health may be adversely impacting the population. The index also helps bring together sectors working on health, food, mental health, and social services to quickly identify areas for shared action and investment,” said Randall King, President, Commercial Solutions at Conduent. “Working together, we can begin to improve an individual’s health more holistically and reduce the need for costly interventions long before they enter the healthcare system for treatment.” How it works Indexes within the HCI SNI Suite summarize several SDoH indicators into one validated composite score, then calculate and assign a value for each U.S. census tract, zip code, and county to bring focus to specific community chall...