Kaiser Permanente rolls out EHR-integrated program to tackle social determinants of health

• Kaiser Permanente has launched Thrive Local, a social health network aimed at reducing homelessness, food insecurity and other critical needs that affect the health and wellbeing of communities.
• Besides connecting to Kaiser Permanente’s EHR, Thrive Local’s care coordination resources will be made available to community-based organizations to reach the greatest number of people.
• The new network — a partnership with population health platform Unite US — will begin rolling out this summer and should be available by 2022 to all 12.3 million Kaiser Permanente members as well as 68 million people in communities the integrated health system serves.

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