Objectives Patients commonly come to the emergency department (ED) with social needs.
To address this, we created the Highland Health Advocates (HHA), an ED-based help desk …

Study objective There has been increasing attention to screening for health-related social
needs. However, little is known about the screening practices of emergency departments …

Methods Qualitative interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of ED patients and
local community organization staff. Participants completed a brief demographic survey …

Objective The emergency department (ED) is an opportune venue to screen for unmet social
needs and connect patients with social services. This quality improvement study …

Abstract Introduction: Emergency departments (EDs) are the safety net for millions of
patients who need to access care. Many of these patients have social needs that may …

Background Social determinants of health (SDH) play an important role in health outcomes.
This study sought to evaluate the effectiveness of a SDH screening and health-related social …

Social Work (SW) referrals made in the emergency department (ED) highlight the
weaknesses in the existing support system for vulnerable and disadvantaged patients. SW …

Mr. Henry (a pseudonym) has visited our emergency department (ED) an average of 3 times
a week for the past 5 years. He has a medical history of AIDS and end-stage renal disease …

Objective This study evaluated the effects of a social determinants of health (SDH) screening
tool and service referral on emergency department (ED) use among patients at a Federally …

Context As a safety net provider for many disadvantaged Americans, the emergency
department (ED) may be an efficient site not only for providing acute medical care, but also …