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Social Determinants of Health
11 minutes Posted Aug 2, 2021 at 1:45 pm.
] Cottage Health is located in Santa Barbara, California
] Cottage Health has centralized its population health efforts
] Santa Barbara has 12% of the overall population is below the poverty line, and the county has the highest percentage of homeless students and the third highest percentage of families in poverty.
] Ron Werft, Cottage Health CEO, started the organization’s vision for population health
] In 2015, Cottage Health changed their mission statement to include the words, “improve the health of our communities,” and then launched our new organizational focus on population health.
] Cottage Health’s Center for Population Health works to improve health and wellness, focusing on equity for the most vulnerable in their hospitals and in the community.
] Started with a community health needs assessment
] After collecting community data, they published the results on CottageData2go.com
] Cottage Health staffing for their Center for Population Health
] Cottage Health CEO and population health team conducted “Listening Tours” with up to 250 community members to gather their assessment of the community’s health needs.
] Learned that Cottage Health employees need help too.
] They set up the Employee Resource Connect to partner with human resources to screen all employees for food, housing, transportation and behavioral health needs. Discovered that 25% of their employees need help.
] Developed a food program for employees.
] Expanded screening to other patient populations.
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Social determinants of health is a problem that affects all American communities. Every hospital needs to assess their community’s social needs, some do it better than others. This podcast highlights one organization with a unique approach on how to identify individuals with social needs and address those needs.
 
Guest speakers:
Kathryn Bazylewicz
Vice President, Marketing and Population Health
Cottage Health 
 
Monica Ray
Population Health Strategic Development Manager
Cottage Health
 
Host: 
Kellie Goodson, MS, CPXP
Performance Improvement Program Director
Vizient
 
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Links | Resources:
Cottage Center for Population Health Click here
Cottage Health’s Community Health Needs Assessment Click here
Cottage Data2Go Click here
Modern Practice podcast, “The effect of COVID-19 on social determinants of health – Part 1” Click here
Modern Practice podcast, “The effect of COVID-19 on social determinants of health – Part 2” Click here
“Addressing Social Determinants of Health During COVID-19 and Beyond: Leveraging Collaboration and Partnerships,” Shaifali Ray and Karyl Kopaskie Click here
“Addressing Social Determinants of Health During COVID-19 and Beyond: Leveraging Data that Matters,” Heather Blonsky Click here
Addressing Social Determinants of Health During COVID-19 and Beyond: How to Find Your Organization’s Fit,” Shaifali Ray and Karyl Click here
 
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