In 2017, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) launched the Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Model to test whether connecting Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries to community resources can
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 [email protected]. Sign up to receive our monthly newsletter to get alerts about recent additions to the Evidence & Resource Library.
2020
Issue Briefs & ReportsData sharing and the law: Overcoming health care sector barriers to sharing data on social determinants
Meaningfully integrating social risk screening and social interventions into health care delivery programs requires overcoming new challenges, including barriers to developing strong partnerships between health care providers and community-based organizations (CBOs).
2020
Presentation Slides & RecordingsAddressing the social determinants of health during the COVID-19 pandemic: ensuring equity, quality, and sustainability
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of social determinants of health in affecting health outcomes. Populations with high social risk are disproportionately impacted by the virus and its economic consequences.
2020
Commentaries & BlogsAn integrative review of social determinants of health screenings used in primary care settings
Background: There is limited evidence on how to implement social determinants of health (SDH) screenings. Objective: To synthesize recent evidence investigating the implementation of SDH screening in primary care settings.
2020
Peer Reviewed ResearchReview
Emergency department care coordination strategies and perceived impact under Maryland's hospital payment reforms
Background: Emergency department (ED) care coordination plays an important role in facilitating care transitions across settings.
2020
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Two-year follow up of a cluster randomised controlled trial for women experiencing intimate partner violence: effect of screening and family doctor-delivered counselling on quality of life, mental and physical health and abuse exposure
Objectives: This was a 2-year follow-up study of a primary care-based counselling intervention (weave) for women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV).
2020
Peer Reviewed ResearchRandomized Controlled Trial (RCT)
A conceptual framework for addressing social needs through the Accountable Health Communities model
Objectives: To present a conceptual framework to address social needs through accountable health programs in the United States. We present our implementation of the Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Model as an example. Study Design: Conceptual framework and case study.
2020
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design
Addressing social needs in health care settings: evidence, challenges, and opportunities for public health
There has been an explosion of interest in addressing social needs in health care settings. Some efforts, such as screening patients for social needs and connecting them to needed social services, are already in widespread practice.
2020
Peer Reviewed ResearchReview
Social determinants of health, personalized medicine, and child maltreatment
This review begins with a brief summary of the importance of child maltreatment as a major public health problem, given its prevalence and the substantial human and economic costs involved.
2020
Peer Reviewed ResearchReview
Expressed and unexpressed social needs in low-income adults in the U.S.
Many healthcare organisations are now routinely screening patients for social needs such as food and housing. It is largely unknown whether the needs they identify would have been expressed by the patient in the absence of screening.
2020
Peer Reviewed ResearchOther Study Design