Calling all innovators! ACL
seeks health IT solutions that support partnerships between health care
systems and social care providers
Register now for ACL’s Social Care Referrals Challenge.
Social services delivered in the home and in the community
that prevent falls, address food insecurity and transportation issues,
manage chronic disease, support employment and economic independence,
reduce social isolation, and address other non-medical risk factors have
been shown to improve health outcomes and reduce the cost of care.
As health care organizations increasingly contract with
community-based organizations in the aging and disability network to
incorporate these services into the continuum of care, the need for
interoperable IT infrastructure to connect the partners has become
critical.
ACL will award up to $500,000 in prizes in three phases to
teams of “solvers” that create and enhance interoperable and
scalable technology solutions that:
- Incorporate
closed-loop referral and follow-up protocols to track and support
individuals when they obtain services from any organization or
health care provider within the network, using standardized, open
resource directories.
- Securely
share standardized social determinants of health data.
- Produce
data at the individual, organizational, and regional levels about
referrals, the prevalence of risk indicators, service utilization,
gaps in service, and outcomes.
- Supporting
sharing of information on the individual needs, preferences, goals,
and values of the person being referred.
To ensure solutions meet the needs of all partners, they
should be developed collaboratively as a team of stakeholders. Ideally,
teams will include state aging, disability, and/or Medicaid programs;
community-based organizations; healthcare providers; health plans; health
IT developers; and expertise in technical standards, interoperability,
and data analysis.
The
deadline for Phase 1 registration and concept & design submission is
December 14, 2020.
Can you help spread the word about the Challenge? Use materials (sample email, social media posts,
and graphics) from this outreach toolkit. Thanks!
Join a webinar on October
15, 2020, 2-3 PM ET to learn more about
participating in this Challenge! The webinar will provide more
information about the technical aspects of the Challenge, introduce a new
web platform where teams can register and collaborate with others, and
include an opportunity for solvers to ask questions.
Register for the webinar.
If you have questions or want to learn more, please email SocialCareChallenge@acl.hhs.gov.
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