Difference between revisions of "Support Services"

Revision as of 17:40, 30 March 2018

Support Services are support focused services or capabilities designed to meet specific support needs of patients based on the support services' criteria. These services may or not be integrated with the patient's care plan or with a Care Management Program. The criteria includes risk scores, episode, health conditions, Care Management Programs enrollment and health determinants. These are support services typically provided by community and social services to address non-medical determinants. These support services are arranged and coordinated by providers to their attributed patient populations to improve health outcomes.

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Caregiver Support

• Education
• Respite Care
• Family Caregiver certification

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Community Health Worker

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Community and Social Services

• Legal Assistance
• Programs - Smoking Cessation Programs, Alcohol Anonymous
• Food pantries, housing and utilities subsidies
• Program called Health Leads helps patients fill basic resource needs such as housing, transportation, food, and education by assigning student volunteers to work as advocates on their behalf. (3/24/16)
• Feds Funding Effort To Tie Medical Services To Social Needs (1/7/16)

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Employment Support

• Joblessness

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Financial Counseling

• Disability or Medicaid Applications
• Medication discount programs
• Debt, financial constraints
• Understanding complex medical bills and payment

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Home Support

• Cleaning, maintenance, repairs
• Delivery services
• Technology Support - In home set-up, training and repair

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Housing Support

• Homelessness - temporary housing or shelters
• Utilities and housing subsidies

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Legal Support

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Medication Support

• Drug Discount Programs
• In-home Medicine reconciliation
• Pharmacist support
• Medication Adherence - reminders,electronic pill boxes
• Medicine home delivery

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Nutrition Support

• Registered dietitians
• Education and cooking instructions and classes
• Assess/triage eating disorders and other barriers (i.e., financial, access to fresh food) preventing healthy nutrition
• Meals on Wheels
• Food banks

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Prison to Community Transitions

• Helping jail involved trasition
• Helping Prison Population transition

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Social Workers

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Support Communities

• Online Patient Communities

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Transportation

• Rides to physician offices or other need services

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