Whether its patients sharing how social prescriptions have provided a “reason to wake up in the morning,” or doctors sharing how it feels like “prescribing beauty in someone’s life,” as ...

“Social prescribing,” or offering health care referrals for community activities, rather than just medications, can help improve health, says journalist Julia Hotz.

As part of the NHS’ ‘ social prescribing ’ scheme, young people will now be prescribed dancing, surfing, rollerskating and gardening, to see whether taking part in sport, the arts and ...

A report published at the Open Data Institute’s annual summit finds social prescribing activities geared towards improving mental and physical health lack sufficient data infrastructure.

As the U.S. healthcare system continues to evolve, a new and promising movement is gaining ground—social prescribing. I sat ...

Implementing a single shared digital prescribing record across the NHS in England could avoid nearly 1 million drug errors every year, stopping up to 16,000 fewer patients from being harmed, and ...