Clinician Awareness of Patient-Reported Health-Related Social Needs: There's Room for Improvement.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

People experiencing health-related social needs (HRSNs), such as transportation insecurity, are less likely to undergo preventive health screenings. They are more likely to have worse health outcomes overall, including a higher rate of late-stage cancer diagnoses. If primary care clinicians are aware of HRSNs, they can tailor preventive care, including cancer screening approaches. Accordingly, recent guidelines recommend that clinicians "adjust" care based on HRSNs. This study assessed the level of clinician awareness of patient-reported HRSNs and congruence between clinician perception and patient-reported HRSNs.

Methods

We surveyed patients aged 50 to 85 years and their clinicians in 3 primary care clinics that routinely screen patients for HRSNs. Patients and

SUBMITTER: Nederveld A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11494667 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature