RI Aging & Health-Related Social Needs Learning-and-Action Lab Phase I Report

MLPB’s Aging and Health Related Social Needs (HRSN) Learning-and-Action Lab (the “Lab”) is a two-phased initiative designed to inform and improve clinic-based HRSN screening, referral, and problem-solving strategies impacting older adults who live in Rhode Island. Through generous funding from the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island* the Lab explores how the screening experience of RI-based older adults (age 55 and over) can be enhanced, and how care teams and insurers can be more responsive to patients’ goals.

*Support provided through the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island Community Health donor advised fund at the Rhode Island Foundation.

This month a new DULCE paper was published in Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Entitled Cross-Sector Approach Expands Screening and Addresses Health-Related Social Needs in Primary Care, the paper presents data collected at 5 DULCE sites that shows:

  • an increase in family engagement with well-child visits; and
  • reliable detection of, and responses to, health-related social needs disclosed by families. 

Read the paper lead-authored by MaryCatherine Arbour here, as well as a companion blog post published by the Center for the Study of Social Policy.

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Access to this resource is limited to Unlocking Access subscribers. These partners can access materials designed to help communities of care become stronger partners in problem-solving with the people they serve.

Access to this resource is limited to Unlocking Access subscribers. These partners can access materials designed to help communities of care become stronger partners in problem-solving with the people they serve.

Access to this resource is limited to Unlocking Access subscribers. These partners can access materials designed to help communities of care become stronger partners in problem-solving with the people they serve.

Access to this resource is limited to Unlocking Access subscribers. These partners can access materials designed to help communities of care become stronger partners in problem-solving with the people they serve.

Access to this resource is limited to Unlocking Access subscribers. These partners can access materials designed to help communities of care become stronger partners in problem-solving with the people they serve.

Access to this resource is limited to Unlocking Access subscribers. These partners can access materials designed to help communities of care become stronger partners in problem-solving with the people they serve.