Monday, October 26, 2020

Tool: Types of trainings that help meet patients’ needs and strengthen the health care and legal workforces

Training is one way that medical-legal partnerships strengthen the skills and knowledge of both the health care and legal workforces to better meet the social needs of patients. Medical-legal partnerships typically train three groups: the health care workforce, MLP lawyers and paralegals, and patients. This tool recommends steps every MLP team can take to plan for their trainings. It also suggest content, forums, and training tips for each audience. It can be used by MLP teams to plan for and develop their own training modules....Read More

Friday, October 23, 2020

Planning tool: How many lawyers do we need to meet the legal need(s) of our patients?

This tool describes the factors that impact an MLP lawyer's capacity and the types of activities--such as training, curbside consults, and legal representation of patients--that MLP lawyers engage in and the approximate time involved in each. It also offers three models estimating what one MLP lawyer could handle in a year based on the organization's priorities....Read More

Friday, October 23, 2020

Infographic: Where legal services fit within a health care organization’s response to SDOH

This infographic explains the difference between "social determinants of health," "social needs," and "legal needs." It also demonstrates how different team members--community health workers, case managers / social workers, and lawyers--each help address patients' social needs in different ways and where medical-legal partnership fits within a health care organization's larger response to social determinants of health (SDOH)....Read More

Friday, October 23, 2020

Tool: Medical-legal partnership workflows for screening and legal services

This graphic depicts a typical workflow for screening, legal services, follow-up, and continuous quality improvement activities at a medical-legal partnership (MLP). It can be used by health care and legal partners to plan for and improve their own MLP workflows....Read More