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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Historically, the Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) has been used as a term to capture these important upstream, non-medical drivers of health. Traditional medical innovators are typically focused on the surface-level challenges related to health care delivery.

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America’s Broken Safety Net—and How to Address It: An Interview with Alissa Quart

NonProfit Quarterly

Earlier this year, I had to chance to talk with Quart about her new book, her description of contemporary US social policy as having created a “dystopian social safety net,” and her thoughts about how to build a US society that is centered on mutual caring and economic justice. Interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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How to Restore the Care in Long-Term Nursing Care

NonProfit Quarterly

This article is, with publisher permission, adapted from a more extensive journal article, “ A Tax Credit Proposal for Profit Moderation and Social Mission Maximization in Long-Term Residential Care Businesses ” published last year by Nonprofit Policy Forum.

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Why the Social Sector Needs an Impact Registry

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The only stakeholders who seem to be benefitting are the evaluation consultants, who profit greatly from what some refer to as an “evaluation-industrial complex.” Medical data registries have set the standard. And it’s not a good thing for the beneficiaries, whose voices are often not factored in.