July 25, 2024
Hospital Services Research Brief
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) and screening patients for Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN) is conducted by most hospitals and medical centers in the United States.
The article published by Health Services Research states that many hospitals do have programs or strategies to address HRSN and/or SDOH, but it remains unclear how these relate to use of data captured through the screening process.
Collection of social needs data may help inform the development of programs to strategies to address HRSN and SDOH. This, in turn, can enable providers to screen for these needs and use the data in the near term for care delivery and in the long term to address community and population needs.