Screening for Social Factors: The Who, What and Why

December 18, 2024

This session will help Discharge Planning professionals understand the background, importance and the value of screening for Social Factors and have a greater understanding of the Social Determinants of Health.

This session will help DPM's understand the importance of developing and providing resource information and connect patients/family to community resources

After this session DPM's will have a greater understanding of the Social Determinants of Health and how they impact discharge planning and readmission prevention.

Discharge planners will be better able to assist their patients with needs that have been determined by the SDoH assessment.

Target Audience

Nurse

Social Worker

Learning Objectives

Discuss each hospitals approach to the assessment & resources frequently used

Discuss case study that is shared between hospitals, outcome etc

Presenter provides context to the UPMC Hamot health foundation build CDC initiatives, SDOH assessments in the community and collaborative hospital communication

This session will help Discharge Planning professionals understand the background, importance and the value of screening for Social Factors and have a greater understanding of the Social Determinants of Health.

This session will help DPM's understand the importance of developing and providing resource information and connect patients/family to community resources

After this session DPM's will have a greater understanding of the Social Determinants of Health and how they impact discharge planning and readmission prevention.

Discharge planners will be better able to assist their patients with needs that have been determined by the SDoH assessment.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 ASWB
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
12/18/2024
Course expires: 
03/31/2025
Event starts: 
12/18/2024 - 12:00pm EST
Event ends: 
12/18/2024 - 1:00pm EST

This session will help Discharge Planning professionals understand the background, importance and the value of screening for Social Factors and have a greater understanding of the Social Determinants of Health.

This session will help DPM's understand the importance of developing and providing resource information and connect patients/family to community resources

After this session DPM's will have a greater understanding of the Social Determinants of Health and how they impact discharge planning and readmission prevention.

Discharge planners will be better able to assist their patients with needs that have been determined by the SDoH assessment.

Virtual Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Briana Harvey

Sarah Prylinski

Josuah Gesing

Macey Paterniti

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 continuing education credits.

Social Work (ASWB)

This program is offered for 1.0 hours of social work continuing education.

Nursing (ANCC)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hours.

Other Healthcare Professionals:

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 ASWB
  • 1.00 Attendance
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