PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nathaniel Hendrix
AU  - Robert L. Phillips
AU  - Andrew W. Bazemore
TI  - How Do Family Physicians Document Patients’ Social Needs in Electronic Health Records?
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2022.220296R1
DP  - 2023 May 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - jabfm.2022.220296R1
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/early/2023/04/28/jabfm.2022.220296R1.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/early/2023/04/28/jabfm.2022.220296R1.full
AB  - Social needs are critical determinants of patient health, but their capture in clinical records began recently. A representative survey of family physicians showed that 61% of respondents document social needs using notes, with fewer using diagnosis codes or electronic forms. This preference for unstructured documentation may make it difficult to connect patients across organizations or for policymakers and planners to identify geographic variation in needs.