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Project

Accountable Healthy Communities Project

Center:

WV-Center for Excellence in Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2018

Contact Information:

Lesley Cottrell
[email protected]
304-293-4692

Project Description:

NEED: For many, the current health care model includes activities that occur within the clinical setting. However, research and practice has demonstrated that social services such as the need for transportation, utilities, housing, non-violent environments, and food security overshadows a patient's capacity to respond the the medical treatment fully. GOAL: This CMS-funded study is a randomized trial in which the treatment group receives additional social service patient navigation. The WVU CED will provide the navigational services. Once identified, patients will be connected to a local provider for that social service. The navigator will follow the patient over a particular period of time to assess the outcome of the referral.

Keyword(s):

social service assessments, patient navigation services

Core Function(s):

Performing Research or Evaluation

Area of Emphasis

Quality Assurance, Housing-Related Activities, Transportation-Related Activities

Target Audience:

Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, Adults with Disabilities, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN, General Public

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Limited English, Geographic Areas, Rural/Remote

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

Mulit-County

Funding Source:

COVID-19 Related Data:

N/A

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