Geographically Indexed Referral Databases to Address Social Needs in the Emergency Department.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Unmet health-related social needs (HRSN) are among the drivers of disparities in morbidity and mortality during public health emergencies such as the novel coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. Although emergency departments (ED) see a high volume of patients with HRSN, ED providers have limited time to complete detailed assessments of patients' HRSN and are not always able to provide up-to-date and comprehensive information to patients on available community resources. Electronic, geographically indexed resource database systems have the potential to provide an efficient way for emergency physicians to rapidly identify community resources in settings where immediate social work consultation is not accessible.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review of papers e

SUBMITTER: Curt A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7972357 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature