How can social needs be integrated into clinical care? Lower socioeconomic status is strongly linked to poor health outcomes, which often persist even among those with coverage and access to care. Many parts of the health care system have embarked on “upstream” interventions to connect patients to resources and supports. What’s working so far and what needs improvement? Join us as we tackle these questions and more.
Background resources
- How screen and refer systems fail to help patients (STAT First Opinion Podcast)
- “More than just giving them a piece of paper”: Interviews with Primary Care on Social Needs Referrals to Community-Based Organizations (Journal of General Internal Medicine, Dec 2022)
- Health Care Impacts Of Resource Navigation For Health-Related Social Needs In The Accountable Health Communities Model (Health Affairs)
- Integrating Social Needs Care into the Delivery of Health Care to Improve the Nation’s Health (2019 NASEM Report)
- Annual Review of Public Health: Community Health Worker Integration with and Effectiveness in Health Care and Public Health in the United States
- Dr. Vasan Interview on CHW programs w/ Better Care Playbook team