Patient Engagement May 10, 2023
By Sara Heath

Validated social determinants of health screening tools can be used on their own or be a jumping-off point for organizations developing their own customized surveys.

In order to address the social factors impacting patient well-being, healthcare organizations foremost need validated social determinants of health screening tools to uncover those social needs.

SDOH screening can happen using a few different strategies. While some organizations have used paper-based surveys as a part of patient intake, others have gone digital and integrated the surveys into the EHR.

But regardless of the medium, organizations all have to settle on the actual questions included in the survey.

Some healthcare organizations design their own SDOH screening tools. Doing so can be beneficial because it allows organizations...

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