Social Risk Score, Clinical Decision Support Tool and Closed Loop Referral for Social Risk Screen and Referral

Description

The overarching goal of this project is to leverage health information technology (HIT) to integrate available digital information on social needs to improve care for racial and ethnic minorities and socially disadvantaged populations with chronic diseases. In the previous phases of this project the investigators developed a social risk score to identify social needs among medically under-served patients with special emphasis on application among African American patients with low income and chronic diseases who face social determinants, risk factors, and needs (SDRN) challenges. The investigators also developed a clinical decision support (CDS) tool to present the social risk score to clinical providers and sought feedback from different users on the face and content validity of the CDS tool. In the current project the investigators will run a randomized clinical trial (RCT) study to pilot test the new risk score and CDS tool in selected primary care clinics at Johns Hopkins Health System (JHHS) and in collaboration with selected community-based organizations (CBOs). This system will help identify, manage, and refer patients with both high levels of disease burden and modifiable SDRN challenges.

Conditions

Chronic Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Congestive Heart Failure

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The overarching goal of this project is to leverage health information technology (HIT) to integrate available digital information on social needs to improve care for racial and ethnic minorities and socially disadvantaged populations with chronic diseases. In the previous phases of this project the investigators developed a social risk score to identify social needs among medically under-served patients with special emphasis on application among African American patients with low income and chronic diseases who face social determinants, risk factors, and needs (SDRN) challenges. The investigators also developed a clinical decision support (CDS) tool to present the social risk score to clinical providers and sought feedback from different users on the face and content validity of the CDS tool. In the current project the investigators will run a randomized clinical trial (RCT) study to pilot test the new risk score and CDS tool in selected primary care clinics at Johns Hopkins Health System (JHHS) and in collaboration with selected community-based organizations (CBOs). This system will help identify, manage, and refer patients with both high levels of disease burden and modifiable SDRN challenges.

Piloting a Clinical Decision Support Tool to Identify and Refer Patients With Social Needs to Community-based Organizations

Social Risk Score, Clinical Decision Support Tool and Closed Loop Referral for Social Risk Screen and Referral

Condition
Chronic Disease
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Baltimore

Johns Hopkins GreenSpring Station, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21093

Baltimore

Johns Hopkins Community Physicians - EBMC, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21202

Baltimore

Johns Hopkins Community Physicians - Remington, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21211

Baltimore

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center - Comprehensive Care Practice, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21224

Baltimore

Johns Hopkins JHOC-GIM Clinic, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Adult (18+ years old) African-American patients with low income at each clinic
  • * Children are excluded from this study. Individuals with high levels of income, and those with race other than African American

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Johns Hopkins University,

Elham Hatef, MD, MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Johns Hopkins University

Study Record Dates

2025-03-31