Social and economic factors contribute significantly to an individual’s health status and directly ... show more

Social and economic factors contribute significantly to an individual’s health status and directly impact healthcare utilization patterns.  Review MedStar Health strategic approach to identifying and addressing social needs at the hospital point of care.  Discover the MedStar Health Social Needs Tool, a social services and community resource tool that utilizes the FindHelp platform. The tool makes it easy for departments to screen and help people with social needs to find and make referrals to appropriate programs and services for food, shelter, health care, work, financial assistance and much more.  It provides instant access to comprehensive, localized listings with hundreds of programs in every zip code in the United States.

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