Reflecting on Five Years of Health and Social Care Integration
This year marks the five-year anniversary of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) consensus report Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health Care: Moving Upstream to Improve the Nation's Health. In celebration, CHaSCI staff Alyssa McFadden, Teresa Moro, Bonnie Ewald, and Robyn Golden collaborated on a piece for Grantmakers in Health exploring progress made in health and social care integration over the past five years. In this blog, titled Health and Social Care Integration: Five Years of Progress on a National Academies Report, the authors:
Outline key activities and recommendations from the NASEM report, such as the 5 A’s that heath systems can utilize to address health-related social needs
Name social care workforce trends, such as the projected increase in social work and community health work jobs in healthcare over the next 10 years
Describe CHaSCI’s role in supporting social care integration, detailing our current research, training, and policy initiatives
Explore recent innovations in social care integrations, including in infrastructure, research, policy, and reimbursement
Summarize current barriers and challenges, particularly in current Medicare statute
Call for continued adaptations to health care infrastructure to better support social care integration
Reflecting on the past five years, it’s clear that while significant progress has been made, challenges remain. As we look towards the future, continued collaboration, innovation, and exploration will be key to breaking down barriers to health and social care integration.
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