Toolkits/Methodology
Screening for Social Needs: Guiding Care Teams to Engage Patients is a tool to help hospitals and health systems facilitate sensitive conversations with…
Arkansas Children’s Hospital’s Social Needs Screener
October 2018—Arkansas Children’s Hospital is advancing the health of its community through its social needs screening tool, which enables the hospital to address food insecurity and other needs like housing, coverage, special education needs and parents' education. Read about the program in U.S. News and World Report.
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