Wednesday, April 22, 2015
A one-year pilot study of high-need, high-use patients at Lancaster General Health showed that 95 percent of patients studied had 2-3 civil legal problems each. The study also found that when those problems were addressed, inpatient and Emergency Department use dropped 50 percent, and overall health care costs went down 45 percent. ...Read More
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
This article explores the feasibility of using electronic medical records (EMRs) as a way to assess and manage social needs in a clinical setting, particularly those serving vulnerable populations. Three case studies, including one on medical-legal partnership, highlight multiple functions that EMRs can perform to facilitate the integration of social determinants of health into clinical systems, including screening, triaging, referring, tracking, and data sharing....Read More
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
This article describes opportunities to incorporate medical-legal partnership concepts and training into interprofessional graduate education, with a special focus on law school clinics and practicum courses....Read More
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
This article details opportunities to incorporate medical-legal partnership concepts and training into undergraduate and graduate medical education, and discusses its impact on young physicians....Read More
