Demonstration of an Interoperable, Standards-Based, and Scalable Closed-Loop Social Services Referral System to Optimize Referrals to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Applications
Presentation Time: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Abstract Keywords: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Health Equity, Interoperability and Health Information Exchange, Clinical Decision Support, Data Standards, Health Equity, Patient Engagement and Preferences, Workflow, User-centered Design Methods
Primary Track: Applications
Programmatic Theme: Public Health Informatics
The FHIRed-SHIP (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, Social and Health Information Platform) was designed, developed, and demonstrated as a standards-based “Referral Management to Address Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Aligned with Clinical Care” using FHIR-based Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). The project was funded by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) under the Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) program in 2021. The project aimed to pilot the Gravity Project Use Case Package in real settings in partnership with a clinical and social providers, a Health Information Exchange (HIE), and individuals in need of social services. The real settings pilot demonstration took place in Austin, TX in collaboration with the Central Texas Food Bank, People's Community Clinic, and the Connxus HIE. The platform was also designed to be replicated to other regions and has been shared with two two HIEs that have implemented and tested the platform in their environments. The platform contains a EHR-agnostic clinical decision support interface, a Community-Based Organization (CBO) referral management interface, and a patient engagement technology (web and mobile app) that patients use to interact with providers of services and complete their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) application. It allows for electronic patient consent, collection of assessments of needs, and electronic coordination of the social care delivery while generating reports and dashboard to inform providers and health plans on the status of each social referral.
Speaker(s):
Vishal Abrol, MS
Vygianix
Eliel Oliveira, MS, MBA, FAMIA
Harvard Medical School
Anjum Khurshid, MD, PhD
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
Presentation Time: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Abstract Keywords: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Health Equity, Interoperability and Health Information Exchange, Clinical Decision Support, Data Standards, Health Equity, Patient Engagement and Preferences, Workflow, User-centered Design Methods
Primary Track: Applications
Programmatic Theme: Public Health Informatics
The FHIRed-SHIP (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, Social and Health Information Platform) was designed, developed, and demonstrated as a standards-based “Referral Management to Address Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Aligned with Clinical Care” using FHIR-based Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). The project was funded by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) under the Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) program in 2021. The project aimed to pilot the Gravity Project Use Case Package in real settings in partnership with a clinical and social providers, a Health Information Exchange (HIE), and individuals in need of social services. The real settings pilot demonstration took place in Austin, TX in collaboration with the Central Texas Food Bank, People's Community Clinic, and the Connxus HIE. The platform was also designed to be replicated to other regions and has been shared with two two HIEs that have implemented and tested the platform in their environments. The platform contains a EHR-agnostic clinical decision support interface, a Community-Based Organization (CBO) referral management interface, and a patient engagement technology (web and mobile app) that patients use to interact with providers of services and complete their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) application. It allows for electronic patient consent, collection of assessments of needs, and electronic coordination of the social care delivery while generating reports and dashboard to inform providers and health plans on the status of each social referral.
Speaker(s):
Vishal Abrol, MS
Vygianix
Eliel Oliveira, MS, MBA, FAMIA
Harvard Medical School
Anjum Khurshid, MD, PhD
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
Demonstration of an Interoperable, Standards-Based, and Scalable Closed-Loop Social Services Referral System to Optimize Referrals to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Applications
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Systems Demonstration