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 https://pediatricsnationwide.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Deborah-Ungerleider-MD-photo.jpg
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…