March 2023 Research Round-Up

With the NEJM Catalyst special issue, this month’s crop of publications is particularly bountiful. Below are most of the articles published since the last newsletter. For a full list, see the SIREN Evidence and Resource Library.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Awareness

Stakeholder Perspectives on Social Screening in US Healthcare Settings
Aceves B, De Marchis E, Loomba V, Brown EM, Gottlieb LM
Health Services Research

An Increase in the Use of ICD-10 Z-Codes for Social Risks and Social Needs: 2015 to 2019
Bensken WP, Alberti PM, Baker MC, Koroukian SM
Population Health Management

Food Insecurity Screening in Safety-Net Clinics in Los Angeles County: Lessons for Post-Pandemic Planning
Caldwell JI, Palimaru A, Cohen DA, Shah D, Kuo T
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Implementation Support for a Social Risk Screening and Referral Process in Community Health Centers
Gold R, Kaufmann J, Cottrell EK, et al.
NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery

Identifying Nutritional Insecurity Among Families in an Urban Pediatric Practice
Lax Y, Cullen D, Silver M, Avner JR.
JAMA Network Open

Implementation Fidelity of Chatbot Screening for Social Needs: Acceptability, Feasibility, Appropriateness
Langevin R, Berry A, Zhang J, et al.
Applied Clinical Informatics

Examining How Social Risk Factors Are Integrated into Clinical Settings Using Existing Data: A Scoping Review
Ngongo WM, Peterson J, Lipiszko D, et al.
Annals of Family Medicine

A Physician's Sense of Responsibility to Address Disparities: Does it Relate to Reported Behaviors About Screening for and Addressing Social Needs?
Peek ME, Wan W, Noriea A
Academic Medicine

Assistance/Interventions

Food interventions

The Effect of Food is Medicine Interventions on Diabetes-related Health Outcomes Among Low-income and Food-insecure Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Gao Y, Yang A, Zurbau A, Gucciardi E
Canadian Journal of Diabetes

Participant Perspectives on the Impact of Receiving Medically Tailored Meals on Post-Hospitalization
Kelly C, Gleason K, Drace M, et al.
Public Health Nursing

Impact of Food Delivery and Health Coaching on Outcomes and Costs of Care: A Payer’s Perspective
Lumpkin JR, Taylor LH, Hattori A, Jedele JM 
NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery

Feed to Heal: Leveraging Technology for Food Insecurity Referrals in Health Care  
Smith A, Wish J, Spong T, Burns K, Hamilton RC
NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery

Housing interventions

Addressing Health Disparities of Individuals Experiencing Homelessness in the U.S. with Community Institutional Partnerships: An Integrative Review Lee JJ, Jagasia E, Wilson PR 
Journal of Advanced Nursing

Multi-need interventions

Pathways to Success in Meeting Health-Related Social Needs  
Schweitzer A, Mohta NS 
NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery

System Approaches to Social Determinants of Health Screening and Intervention
Shaheen A, Squire MA, Gay H, Rana SY, Gwynne M, Gupta SK 
NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery

Patients' Willingness to Accept Social Needs Navigation After In-Person versus Remote Screening
Steeves-Reece AL, Davis MM, Hiebert Larson J, et al.
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

A Formative Evaluation of Social Care Integration Across a Safety-Net Health System
Taira BR, Yadav K, Perez Y, et al.
NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery

Integrated Interventions to Bridge Medical and Social Care for People Living with Diabetes
Gunter KE, Tanumihardjo JP, O'Neal Y, Peek ME, Chin MH
Journal of General Internal Medicine

Evaluation of an Integrated Intervention to Address Clinical Care and Social Needs Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Roth SE, Gronowski B, Jones KG, et al.
Journal of General Internal Medicine

"Everything in One Place": Stakeholder Perceptions of Integrated Medical and Social Care for Diabetes Patients in Western Maryland Saulsberry L, Gunter KE, O'Neal Y, et al.
Journal of General Internal Medicine

Health care leaders’ perspectives on social care

Learning from Massachusetts Hospitals on Programs to Address Social Determinants of Health
 Velasquez DE, Figueroa JF
NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery

Health Care Professionals Take Individual and Organizational Responsibility for Addressing Social Needs
Berkowitz SA
NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery

The Difficulty of Addressing Social Needs Through Health Care Alone
Bees J
NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery

Adjustment

Partner-Developed Electronic Health Record Tools to Facilitate Social Risk-Informed Care Planning
Gunn R, Pisciotta M, Gold R, et al.
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Alignment

How Hospitals Improve Health Equity Through Community-Centered Innovation
Berry LL, Letchuman S, Khaldun SJ, Hole MK
NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery

Improving Health and Addressing Social Determinants of Health Through Hospital Partnerships
Hamadi HY, Zhao M, Park S, et al.
Population Health Management

Commentaries & Blogs

Three articles on social drivers of health bonds in Health Affairs:

• Proposing an Innovative Bond to Increase Investments in Social Drivers of Health Interventions in Medicaid Managed Care
  Karaca-Mandic P, Nikpay S, Gibbons S, Haynes D, Koranne R, Thakor R
• Proposed Social Drivers of Health Bonds Offer Promising Improvements but Face Many Challenges to Implementation
  McNamara JE, Chen E
• Can Capitalism Drive Health Equity? Considering The Benefits And Risks Of Social Drivers Of Health Bonds
  Chomilo N

Two Questions Before Health Care Organizations Plunge into Addressing Social Risk Factors
Fichtenberg C, Fraze TK
NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery

Developing National Social Care Standards
Gottlieb LM, DeSilvey SC, Fichtenberg C, Bernheim S, Peltz A
Health Affairs Forefront

A Medicaid Benefit for Health-Related Social Needs
McConnell KJ, Rowland R, Nevola A
JAMA Health Forum