Lessons Learned in Social Need Screening
Lessons Learned in Social Need Screening
Takeaways and examples from interviews with health centers
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In recent years, health centers have become increasingly interested in and charged with not only addressing the health concerns of their patients, but centering and responding to patient’s social needs. According to Healthy People 2030, social needs, also known as the social determinants of health, are the conditions in the environments where people live, learn, work, and play that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks. Social needs encompass the quality of and access to resources such as housing, transportation, safety, employment, food,...
Carequality and CommonWell — What matters to health centers
Carequality and CommonWell — What matters to health centers
Created in January 2019
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In early 2018, KLAS researchers issued a report stating that the CommonWell-Carequality connection is the key to interoperability value1,2. It is believed that when vendors fully embrace CommonWell and Carequality “instant value” will be created for users. This is an appealing promise to all healthcare providers, including health centers. So what should health centers know about...