APA SIG: Health Informatics and Serving the Underserved Combined - Moving the Needle on Social Needs: From Screening to Data Management and Response

Monday, May 6, 2024

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 709

CE: Live CME: 1.5

SIG Chair(s)

Stacey Stokes, MD MPH (she/her/hers)

Medical Director of Informatics, Assistant Professor in Pediatrics
Children's National Health System
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Slides
Nymisha Chilukuri, MD (she/her/hers)

General Academic Pediatrician and Clinical Informatics Fellow
Stanford University School of Medicine, United States
Mark Mai, MD MHS (he/him/his)

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Emory University
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Padma Swamy, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Children's National Health System
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
SA

Shweta Antani, DO (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, New York, United States

Disclosure(s):

Stacey Stokes, MD MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Nymisha Chilukuri, MD: HRSA Promoting Pediatric Primary Prevention (P4) Challenge: Innovations in Pediatric Primary Care to Improve Child Health (Terminated, January 31, 2022) (Products/Services: Research Support including clinical trials & the principal or named investigator)

Mark Mai, MD MHS: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Padma Swamy, MD, MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Shweta Antani, DO: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Session

Description: Over the last several years, many health systems have designed and implemented new social needs screening and referral programs. In 2024, as new regulations incentivizing or mandating universal social determinants of health (SDOH) screening are put into place, health care providers will need to adapt quickly and balance data gathering and reporting requirements with patients’ and families’ needs and preferences.

This highly interactive session led by a multidisciplinary team will start by reviewing current social needs screening regulatory requirements, including those of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Joint Commission, and National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). We will then discuss implementation strategies, including how to incorporate patient and family perspectives and preferences, and provide effective resource referrals. We will explore technology-based strategies for screening, referral, and data management, including EHR-embedded screening tools, patient-facing resource maps, and approaches to data management and reporting. Finally, we will highlight examples of existing social needs screening and referral programs, with a focus on efforts to incorporate technology-based solutions, prioritize patient and caregiver preferences, and track and report program impact on patients and families.

Learning Objectives:

Understand current regulatory constraints and requirements that impact institutional social needs screening and implementation
Develop strategies to keep social care program implementation patient-focused and trauma-informed, particularly when considering screening, data sharing, and resource allocation
Investigate tools to implement successful social needs screening and referral programs; from funding, to vendor applications (ex: EMR integrations), to practice execution

Presentations:

8:00 AM – 8:05 AM ET

Introductions and Agenda
Speaker: Stacey Stokes, MD MPH (she/her/hers) – Children's National Health System
8:05 AM – 8:20 AM ET

Regulatory constraints and requirements for SDOH screening
Speaker: Nymisha Chilukuri, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine
8:20 AM – 8:30 AM ET

Regulatory constraints and requirements for SDOH screening
Speaker: Mark Mai, MD MHS (he/him/his) – Emory University
8:30 AM – 8:40 AM ET

Screening, data sharing, and resource allocation considerations when developing social needs interventions
Speaker: Padma Swamy, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Children's National Health System
8:40 AM – 8:50 AM ET

Strategies for keeping social care program implementation patient-focused and trauma-informed
Speaker: Shweta Antani, DO (she/her/hers) – Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
8:50 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Implementation tools for successful social needs screening and referral programs
Speaker: Yonit Lax, MD (she/her/hers) – Maimonides Infants and Children's Hospital of Brooklyn
9:00 AM – 9:10 AM ET

Funding considerations in SDOH program implementation
Speaker: Erika Cordova Ramos, MD (she/her/hers) – Boston University School of Medicine
9:10 AM – 9:20 AM ET

Stories of successful SDOH program implementation
Speaker: Zoe Bouchelle, MD, MSHP – Denver Health
9:20 AM – 9:30 AM ET

Summary of social needs screening goals and tools for success that can help change patient outcomes
Speaker: Aditi Vasan, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia