Health Care Barriers – Pediatrics Nationwide

The Success of an EMR-Based Health-Related Social Needs Screen in Pediatrics

The Success of an EMR-Based Health-Related Social Needs Screen in Pediatrics https://pediatricsnationwide.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/042016bs446-1-1024x683.jpg 1024 683 Deborah L. Ungerleider, MD, FAAP Deborah L. Ungerleider, MD, FAAP https://pediatricsnationwide.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Deborah-Ungerleider-MD-photo.jpg March 31, 2022 March 31, 2022

By: Deborah L. Ungerleider, MD, FAAP

March 31, 2022

Standardized universal HRSN screening with an EMR system and follow-up by social work consults can be successful and contribute to reducing health disparities. Health-related social needs (HRSNs), sometimes referred to as social determinants of health (SODH), are the risk factors of food insecurity, lack of stable housing and poverty, all of which can play…

Survey: Physical Barriers, Not Fear, Keep Homeless Youth From Receiving Care

Survey: Physical Barriers, Not Fear, Keep Homeless Youth From Receiving Care https://pediatricsnationwide.org/wp-content/themes/corpus/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Brianne Moore Brianne Moore https://pediatricsnationwide.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Brianne-Moore.jpg April 24, 2017 March 18, 2021

By: Brianne Moore

April 24, 2017

Research survey investigates barriers to care in unstably-housed youth. Every year, an estimated 1.6 to 1.7 million youth in the United States are living on the streets, in shelters or in other temporary living situations. Earlier studies have suggested that homeless youth do not seek medical services because of fear-based barriers – distrust of doctors,…