Myth Busters
This amount of our patients should be screened for social needs
100% or all
These can be found in the clinic breakroom under the mailboxes and anyone can give them to a patient in need
Bombas Socks
Recently, on an SDH screener, a patient identified "pokemon evolutions" as a need in the Other box
True
The clinic has these items on hand to provide to patients in need during a clinical visit
Will accept:
- Socks
- Scales
- Phones
- Heating Pads
- Other as determined correct by SDH Team
Trimet has long discounted fares for riders over 65 years old and/or disabled riders, but they recently added this group to their Honored Citizens Pass
Low-income riders (as qualified by SNAP, WIC, TANF, Medicaid, Free/Reduced Lunch, or being below 200% of the FPL)
Name one of the top three needs identified by the SDH Screener
Dental
Mental Health
Vision
From SDH Screening data, more patients select Money (financial problems) as a need than Food
True
During modified operations, instead of the Walk-In Clinic, we are encouraging patients to bring their full sharps containers to this location instead
The main clinic
Research shows that only ___% of health outcomes can be attributed to the clinical healthcare you receive
10-20%
A common misconception about offering help for patient's social needs is ____________
Will accept:
- Patients are bothered by being asked about their needs
- We shouldn't ask if we can't help
- Not everyone needs help, so we should offer it to those who seem like they have needs
- I know everything there is to know about this patient, so we don't need to ask them
- Any other answer the SDH Team deems correct
Approximately 2,000 SDH Screeners have been completed by our patients since we began administering them in November 2018
False
(We've received 3,075 to date!)
Approximately 60% of patients who selected "Mental Health" had never met anyone from this clinic work group
Behavioral Health