Start Date
5-4-2024 9:10 AM
End Date
5-3-2024 11:00 AM
Description
Objectives
- Assess the rate of completed health-related social needs (HRSNs) screenings at different TJUH sites
- Compare screening outcomes across TJUH clinical sites
Background
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) is mandating Health Related Social Needs (HRSNs) screening for all admitted patients
- First-year Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC) students screen patients at four different Jefferson clinical sites alongside Community Health Workers (CHWs) as part of their ‘Clinical Experience’ curriculum
- SKMC screens 7 domains
- Food*
- Housing*
- Utilities*
- Transportation*
- Medication expenses
- Primary care
- Insurance
*Screened by CMS, as well as interpersonal safety
- The data is gathered from:
- inpatient floors (2) – 10 Pavilion, 7W Gibbon
- outpatient clinic (1) - JHAP
- emergency room (2) – ED, CDU
Keywords
SDOH, HRSN, social needs, screening, quality improvement
Included in
Assessing Quality of Health-Related Social Needs Screening across Jefferson Hospital’s Clinical Sites
Objectives
- Assess the rate of completed health-related social needs (HRSNs) screenings at different TJUH sites
- Compare screening outcomes across TJUH clinical sites
Background
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) is mandating Health Related Social Needs (HRSNs) screening for all admitted patients
- First-year Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC) students screen patients at four different Jefferson clinical sites alongside Community Health Workers (CHWs) as part of their ‘Clinical Experience’ curriculum
- SKMC screens 7 domains
- Food*
- Housing*
- Utilities*
- Transportation*
- Medication expenses
- Primary care
- Insurance
*Screened by CMS, as well as interpersonal safety
- The data is gathered from:
- inpatient floors (2) – 10 Pavilion, 7W Gibbon
- outpatient clinic (1) - JHAP
- emergency room (2) – ED, CDU
Comments
Presented at the 2024 Jefferson Health Equity and Quality Improvement (HEQI) Summit.