NEJM March 15, 2023
Health systems should systematically screen all their patients for social drivers of health, partner with community-based organizations to provide assistance with social needs, develop their own programs when community capacity is insufficient, and conduct evaluations and research to identify opportunities for improvement.
Summary
In 2019, The MetroHealth System, a public health care system in Northeast Ohio, established the Institute for Health, Opportunity, Partnership, and Empowerment (Institute for H.O.P.E.TM) to lead efforts to understand and address social drivers of health (SDOH; also referred to as social determinants of health) among its patient population. MetroHealth is systematically screening all of its over 200,000 patients for 9 SDOH, including food insecurity, financial strain, transportation limitations, inability to pay...
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