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Hospitals' collection and use of data to address social needs and social determinants of health.
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- The role of routine and structured social needs data collection in improving care in US hospitals.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2025Article
- Exploring the Routine Recording of Health-Related Social Needs in U.S. Acute Care Hospitals.Health services insights · 2025Article
- Hospitals' collection and use of data to address social needs and social determinants of health.Health services research · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess differences in hospitals' collection and use of data on patients' health-related social needs (HRSN) by availability of programs or strategies in place to address patients' HRSN and social determinants of health (SDOH) of communities. DATA SOURCES: The 2021 American Hospital Association Annual Survey and 2022 Information Technology (IT) Supplement. STUDY
designThis cross-sectional study described hospitals' engagement in screening and the availability of programs or strategies to address nine different HRSN. We assessed differences in screening rates and uses of data collected through screening among hospitals with and without programs or strategies in place to address HRSN or SDOH using Chi-squared tests of independence. DATA COLLECTION/EXTRACTION
methodsAnalyses were restricted to IT Supplement respondents with complete data for social needs questions asked in the Annual Survey (N = 1997). PRINCIPAL
findingsIn 2022, hospitals used social needs data collected through screening for various purposes including discharge planning and clinical decision-making at their hospital as well as to refer patients to needed resources and assess community-level needs. Hospitals with a program or strategy in place had higher rates of screening across all domains and higher rates of using of data collected through screening for uses involving exchange or coordination with external entities.
conclusionsCollection of social needs data may help inform the development of programs or strategies to address HRSN and SDOH, which in turn can enable providers to screen for these needs and use the data in the near term for care delivery and in the long term to address community and population needs.
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