Purpose: Academic healthcare systems face great challenges in coordinating services across a continuum of care that spans hospital, community providers, home and chronic care facilities.
Evidence & Resource Library
The SIREN Evidence & Resource Library has expanded to include both peer-reviewed publications and other types of resources such as webinars and screening tools/toolkits on medical and social care integration. To limit your search to peer-reviewed articles, select Peer Reviewed Research under Resource Type. If you have questions about how to use the library or suggestions about additional resources, view this help document or write us at siren@ucsf.edu. Sign up to receive our monthly newsletter to get alerts about recent additions to the Evidence & Resource Library.
Implementation of a comprehensive program to improve coordination of care in an urban academic health care system
2018
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Development and evaluation of sexual assault training for emergency department staff in Ontario, Canada
Objective: The purpose of this evaluation was to assess the efficacy of a training in improving competence to address sexual assault among Emergency Department (ED) staff, as well as to compare in-person and online training modalities.
2018
Peer Reviewed ResearchPre-post without Comparison Group
Using health information technology to bring social determinants of health into primary care: A conceptual framework to guide research
Several recent national initiatives have called for increased efforts to integrate social determinants of health (SDH) into health care settings using health information technology (HIT). However, there is limited evidence to guide the implementation of these recommendations in practice.
2018
Commentaries & BlogsCost-effectiveness of a domestic violence and abuse training and support programme in primary care in the real world: Updated modelling based on an MRC phase IV observational pragmatic implementation study
Objectives: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the implementation of the Identification and Referral to Improve Safety (IRIS) programme using up-to-date real-world information on costs and effectiveness from routine clinical practice.
2018
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Physician experiences and barriers to addressing the social determinants of health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A qualitative research study
Background: While it is increasingly recognized that social determinants influence the health of patients and populations, little is known about how doctors in the Eastern Mediterranean Region can help their patients with these issues.
2018
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Solutions to address diabetes-related financial burden and cost-related nonadherence: Results from a pilot study
Background: Cost-related nonadherence (CRN) to recommended self-management behaviors among adults with chronic conditions such as diabetes is prevalent. Few behavioral interventions to mitigate CRN have been tested and evaluated.
2018
Peer Reviewed ResearchPre-post without Comparison Group
Emergency department experience with novel electronic medical record order for referral to food resources
Introduction: Food insecurity is a significant issue in the United States and is prevalent in emergency department (ED) patients.
2018
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Assessing the capacity of social determinants of health data to augment predictive models identifying patients in need of wraparound social services
Introduction: A growing variety of diverse data sources is emerging to better inform health care delivery and health outcomes.
2018
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
FACETS: Using open data to measure community social determinants of health
Objective: To develop a dataset based on open data sources reflective of community-level social determinants of health (SDH).
2018
Peer Reviewed ResearchA framework for advancing health equity and value: Policy options for reducing health inequities by transforming healthcare delivery and payment systems
This policy options paper represents a collaborative effort among state and national health equity thought leaders to catalyze much needed action to leverage health system transformation for the benefit of those whom the health system is leaving behind.
2018
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