Importance Social needs, including food, housing, utilities, transportation, and experience
with interpersonal violence, are linked to health outcomes. Identifying patients with unmet …

Importance Breast density is an independent risk factor for breast cancer. Despite the proliferation
of mandated written notifications about breast density following mammography, there …

Background Primary care practices are responding to calls to incorporate patients’ social risk
factors, such as housing, food, and economic insecurity, into clinical care. Healthcare likely …

Home visits are used for a variety of services and patient populations. We used national
survey data from physician practices and accountable care organizations (ACOs), paired with …

PURPOSE Clinicians and policy makers are exploring the role of primary care in improving
patients’ social conditions, yet little research examines strategies used in clinical settings to …

Background Care plans are an evidence-based strategy, encouraged by the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services, and are used to manage the care of patients with complex …

Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in unprecedented adoption and implementation
of virtual primary care services, and little is known about whether and how virtual care …

Health care organizations face growing pressure to improve their patients’ social conditions,
such as housing, food, and economic insecurity. Little is known about the motivations and …

Background The Affordable Care Act and the introduction of accountable care organizations
(ACOs) have increased the incentives for patients and providers to engage in preventive …

Health care organizations increasingly recognize the impact of social needs on health
outcomes. As organizations develop and scale efforts to address social needs, little is known …