Screening for Physical Activity as a Vital Sign and Social Determinants of Health

An interview with Dr. Liz Joy, Senior Medical Director of Wellness and Nutrition at Intermountain Healthcare Workflow is critical for the entire care team.  You have to clearly define whose job is which.  Clinical medicine is a team sport….There are lots of different strategies to give the patient the experience where we care about them as a whole person, and recognizing how their environment affects their lifestyle behaviors and how their environment and their lifestyle behaviors together influence their health. Dr. Liz JoyIncorporating physical activity assessment/referral into the clinical workflowPhysical activity vital sign as a promptMaking the time to talk about physical activityTransitioning counseling about physical activity in the clinical setting to the community settingIncluding physical activity as part of social determinants of health and social needs screeningPrioritizing physical activity in screening Other members of the care team who can facilitate adoption of healthy behaviors outside the clinical settingInterrelationship between COVID-19 and physical inactivityhttps://www.movetolivemore.com/https://www.linkedin.com/company/move-to-live-more@MovetoLiveMore