Piloting a Clinical Decision Support Tool to Identify Patients With Social Needs and Provide Navigation Services and Referral to Community-Based Organizations: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social needs and social determinants of health (SDOH) significantly outrank medical care when considering the impact on a person's length and quality of life, resulting in poor health outcomes and worsening life expectancy. Integrating social needs and SDOH data along with clinical risk information within operational clinical decision support (CDS) systems built into electronic health records (EHRs) is an effective approach to addressing health-related social needs. To achieve this goal, applied research is needed to develop EHR-integrated CDS tools and closed-loop referral systems and implement and test them in the digital and clinical workflows at health care systems and collaborating community-based organizations (CBOs).

Objective

This study aims to describe th

SUBMITTER: Hatef E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11303893 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature