On June 3 and 4, 2021, the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action assembled key opinion leaders, experts, and change makers across the fields of health care, nursing and health equity. The goal: Build actions plans to operationalize the National Academy of Medicine’s Future of Nursing 2020 2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity report. Below are the action plans related to Recommendation #6.

All Action Plans

Recommendation #6: USING TECHNOLOGY TO INTEGRATE DATA ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH INTO NURSING PRACTICE
All public and private health care systems should incorporate nursing expertise in designing, generating, analyzing and applying data to support initiatives focused on social determinants of health and health equity using diverse digital platforms, artificial intelligence, and other innovative technologies.

Sub-recommendations

6.1 Integrate data on SDOH and build a nationwide infrastructure.

6.2 Ensure that health equity data collaboratives improve visualization of data on SDOH.

6.3 Employ nurses with expertise in informatics to improve individual and population health.

6.4 Give nurses in clinical settings responsibility and associated resources to innovate and use technology.

6.5 Provide supportive resources to facilitate the provision of telehealth by nurses.