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Join CTG Client Solution Executives Jeanette Ball, BSN RN, PCMH CCE, and Dana Bensinger, MSN, RN-BC, as they present "An SDOH Success Story: Asking the Tough Questions" on Thursday, October 1 at 3:30 p.m. EST.

An SDOH Success Story: Asking the Tough Questions

Screening patients for social determinants of health (SDOH) like food and housing insecurity and substance and physical abuse can be uncomfortable for both clinical staff and patients. It also tends to fall outside the typical clinical workflow. Yet studies have shown that addressing these issues up-front helps improve health outcomes and patient engagement and reduce costs. Akron Children’s Hospital was able to successfully incorporate SDOH screening into everyday clinician workflows and use provider education to overcome clinicians’ initial discomfort in asking these difficult questions. Through this effort, they have raised the average number of patients screened from 71% to nearly 80% in one year across 30 practices. Speakers will discuss the mechanisms put in place to help collect SDOH data, including ways to incorporate clinician-collected and patient-entered data into the EHR, and engaging community partners, such as social workers, to address underlying barriers to health.