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Best Practices: Using Social Determinants of Health Resource and Referral Data to Increase Equitable Access and Connection Rates to Essential Resources

Health Leads | July 6, 2021 |

Grounded in Health Leads’ 10+ years of experience in resource database management, this report provides insight into how data usage and interpretation can impact equitable access to resources and improve connection rates.

Community Resource Referral Platforms: Going from 1.0 to 2.0

Health Leads | October 20, 2020 |

This webinar session, co-hosted by Health Leads and the The National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs, provides practical resources and promising strategies for staff that are working to improve an existing community resource referral platform, with an emphasis on those anchored in healthcare organizations.

Health Leads Network Forums: How Social Needs Programs are Shifting During the Pandemic

Health Leads | May 22, 2020 | Community Partnerships, Data & Evaluation, Health Equity, ID & Screening, Leadership & Change Management, ,

The Health Leads Network Forum series allows attendees to support each other by sharing promising practices, resources and learnings that meaningfully and equitably adapt social needs programs during COVID-19. Here you'll find recordings, summaries and opportunities for upcoming sessions.

Webinar Series: Intentionally Integrating Equity into SDOH Interventions

Health Leads | April 10, 2020 | Community Partnerships, Data & Evaluation, Health Equity, ID & Screening, Leadership & Change Management, ,

Four health equity champions discuss equity’s role in the design and implementation process of SDOH interventions with a lens towards equity-centered human design. Panelists highlight the tactical approaches and strategies of integrating equity that has led to results and better outcomes in their communities

Putting Learning into Practice to Innovate and Improve Patient Services: A Case Study of Seattle Children’s Hospital

Health Leads | February 26, 2020 | Community Partnerships, Data & Evaluation, Health Equity, Leadership & Change Management, ,

To ensure social health programs are effective and scalable, Seattle Children’s embraces a culture that supports experimentation and failing fast - the concept of testing out new processes or activities on a small scale and adjusting or stopping the activity if it doesn’t yield the intended results. See how their team has been pursuing three distinct but aligned social health strategies.

A Framework for Building Clinical-Community Partnerships to Address SDOH

United Hospital Fund | September 27, 2019 | Community Partnerships, ID & Screening,

United Hospital Fund has developed a framework for primary care providers to establish essential needs screening and referral programs with community-based organizations (CBOs). This framework provides guidance on selecting a screening tool and developing workflows — as well as how to identify appropriate CBOs to partner with and strategies to foster productive, mutually-beneficial relationships.

Webinar Series: Part 1: Equity’s Role in SDOH Interventions – Implementation

In part one of this three-part webinar series, health equity champions from across the country share their experiences integrating equity into SDOH interventions — highlighting best practices, tools and frameworks that participants can apply to their own work.

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DOZENS OF EXPERTS FROM MORE THAN 30 ORGANIZATIONS HELPED SHAPE THE ROADMAP

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THE ROADMAP IS BUILT OFF YEARS OF EXISTING RESEARCH

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