Screening for and addressing patients’ social needs is an important step for providing holistic care.
As hospitals and health systems evolve to provide more holistic, person-centered care, many are incorporating screening for patients’ social and economic well-being into routine practice. Join this virtual event to learn how MaineHealth and Children’s Hospital Colorado designed their social needs screening and referral strategies to align with the unique needs of their patients and communities. Members only.
The AHA’s Societal Factors that Influence Health Framework is designed to guide hospitals’ strategies to identify patients' social needs, the social drivers of health in their communities and systemic causes so all stakeholders can take action around these critical issues.
Tool to help hospitals and health systems facilitate sensitive conversations with patients about their nonmedical needs that may be a barrier to good health.
Webinar series highlights a comprehensive approach to identify and address the health-related social needs of patients and the wider community.
Resources to help clinicians address social determinants of health within a framework that maximizes their skills while helping organizations systematically approach these challenges. Members only.
Hear how Ascension’s Maternal Health Social System Initiative to reduce barriers to accessing prenatal care by addressing the social needs of their high-risk pregnant patients.
Social isolation and loneliness are important influencers of physical and mental health that we, as a society, need to pay attention to and develop ways to mitigate their deleterious effects.