High social needs correlate with increased emergency care use and complications in patients with type 2 diabetes. The Vizient Vulnerability Index identifies care disparities based on social factors ...

In response to a recent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule for inpatient and long-term hospitals related to health equity, hospital stakeholders are ramping up efforts to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Social needs are immediate needs articulated by individuals. Caregivers requested assistance for a median of two ...

The communities in which we live have a tremendous impact on our health. Social determinants of health (SDoH), holistic health factors such as availability of affordable housing and healthy foods, and ...

This new study evaluated the potential impact of unmet social needs on risk of severe asthma in children. Children with unmet social needs are at a greater risk of having persistent asthma, with more ...

Health and medical professionals have come to view social connection as a fundamental human need akin to food and shelter. In ...

A large and compelling body of evidence suggests that social circumstances—including income, education, food, housing, neighborhood conditions, and social connections—strongly influence health.

Whether Medicare Advantage enrollees are dually Medicaid-Medicare eligible or not, health-related social needs are largely prevalent, a new study shows. The July study was published in Health Affairs ...

We previously implemented paper-based screening for health-related social resource needs (HRSN) in our gynecologic oncology clinic and found that 36% of patients who completed the screening reported ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Dermatologists should consider a patient’s social needs before prescribing any treatment. Go beyond standard ...

Primary care clinicians who adopt programs to address patients’ social needs are more effective at screening and assisting people who need help with food and housing, according to a new systematic ...