2016

TREATING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH: CRITICAL SKILLS FOR THE HEALTH WORKFORCE

Social, economic, and environmental conditions always have been key drivers of poor health outcomes and harmful health disparities. What's new? There is greater recognition by the healthcare system that improved outcomes, quality, and cost management are tied to effective detection, triage, and treatment of social determinants of health (SDOH).

With full CME/CNE accreditation opportunities (and Certificates of Attendance available for Community Health Workers), you'll learn from expert faculty about:

• How best to support patients facing housing instability and homelessness
• Role-appropriate strategies to help patients overcome barriers to accessing health-promoting entitlements like SNAP and disability benefits
• Best practices for facilitating patient/caregiver access to medical transportation and FMLA protections
• "Reality-checking" on SDOH that lack solutions under current public policy
• And other topics related to this emerging competency!

You'll also hear from leaders on key policy issues that will impact how SDOH are accounted for in successful person-centered care systems – such as risk stratification, risk adjustment, and SDOH screening protocols.

Accreditation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Boston University School of Medicine and Medical-Legal Partnership | Boston. Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
 
Continuing Nursing Education Provider Unit, Boston University School of Medicine is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This educational activity has been provided by Continuing Nursing Education Provider Unit, Boston University School of Medicine and jointly provided by Medical‐Legal Partnership | Boston.