HITEQ Health Center Social Needs Screening Star
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. Identifying and addressing unmet social needs as part of the clinical encounter provides the opportunity to deliver higher-quality, whole-person care, advance population health, and reduce healthcare costs.Despite recent momentum in the area of social needs screening, implementation at community health centers continues to be varied and uneven, and many are looking for guidance from peers on how to screen for social needs and respond to positive screens.

This badge is designed to support health centers by outlining promising practices for implementing their social need screening programs. To implement an integrated screening program that produces high-quality data, health centers must utilize digital health solutions and leverage their electronic health record (EHR). The resources in this badge share examples of these solutions in practice, and are designed to equip health centers with the information necessary to implement a screening program that limits burden on staff, is meaningful for patients and their care, and advances population health.

Take some time to read through some of the articles on this page and then fill out the submission form on the right and you will be rewarded with a Health Center Social Needs Screening Superstar badge! This is an official badge that is submitted by the HITEQ Center as a proof of completion to the blockchain. Your credentials can be added to profiles such as LinkedIn and verified through accreditation services such as Accredible and Open Badge.

 

Event date: 10/22/2024 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM Export event
Caitlin Tricomi
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Beyond Screening: Using SDOH Data for Effective Care Solutions

National Healthcare for the Homeless Council & HITEQ National Training

Are you interested in learning more about how your Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) health center can address positive social need screens?

Join the National Health Care for the Homeless Council and the HITEQ Center for a free webinar on Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024, from 3-4 pm Eastern Time (2-3pm Central) and learn how to support timely social needs referrals and care planning and operationalize social needs data. Presenters will provide guidance on optimizing social needs screening workflows, including those housed in Electronic Health Records (EHRs), for following up on positive screens and effectively using the collected data. A panel of expert health center representatives will share examples of how these workflows can be applied. While this webinar will focus on HCH health centers, anyone involved directly in social needs screening processes are welcome.


Learning Objectives
After this webinar, attendees will:
1. Evaluate their organization's social needs screening workflow based on promising practices and peer health center examples.
2. Describe strategies that could be applied in their health center to improve follow-up to social needs screening and monitoring of social needs data.
3. Identify which strategies can be introduced at their health center.

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