Medical-Legal Partnership Screening Guide

The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership, with pro bono support from The Advisory Board Company, reviewed 80 tools used by medical-legal partnerships across the country to screen for patients’ legal need and then developed a common screening tool that can be used by hospitals and health centers in a range of settings.

This tool is available for free download on their website

The download includes:

• A customizable screening guide template and patient authorization tools;
• A pick list of questions about specific health-harming legal issues and populations so that each medical-legal partnership can select questions related to the specific issues it addresses;
• An evaluation form to help staff who administer the screener measure its success.

The goal of these resources is to allow every medical-legal partnership to customize a legal needs screening tool that is specific to its setting and the population it serves.