Health IT Analytics September 13, 2019
– The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) is partnering with Phreesia, a patient intake platform, to address individuals’ social determinants of health using real-time data and screening questions.
Healthcare organizations across the state can now use Phreesia to deliver North Carolina’s Standardized Social Determinants of Health Screening Questions and identify patients with unmet social needs. The platform can send real-time alerts to providers and care coordinators about patients’ individual needs and give a more holistic view of patients’ health.
This collaboration will help connect individuals in North Carolina with critical services. NC DHHS reports that more than 1.2 million North Carolinians cannot find affordable housing, and one in 28 of the state’s...