Statewide Approach for Addressing Health Related Social Needs

This session will share the results of a statewide public/private partnership to address health related social needs in Pennsylvania. The presenter will share the key learnings on how engagement with healthcare providers, community-based organizations and the state’s departments yielded the successful rollout of the program. The presenter will also describe the methods that were used to maintain that engagement over the long term, describing the importance of using standard code mappings from the Gravity Project® to aggregate data in a meaningful way. The presentation will include current usage statistics that show the impact that the statewide approach has had on communities within Pennsylvania and it will provide meaningful lessons learned that other states and organizations can employ to successfully implement a program in their communities.