Description

This report includes four case studies of sites where health systems were actively involved in addressing social determinants of health including housing, employment, education, food security, transportation, healthy behaviors, and neighborhood and built environment. Case studies focus on interventions for medically complex homeless individuals, people with chronic diseases, pregnant women and their newborns, and uninsured individuals with multiple chronic conditions. For each case study, the report includes the following sections: history of factors leading to innovation; overview of the local and state health care environment; other enabling factors of innovation; and considerations for the future.