Tag Archives: StreetCred

Patient Engagement

Addressing the health effects of economic security and other social factors

by Susan Carr • November 9, 2022 • 0 Comments

The November issue of Health Affairs focuses on the “health effects of economic security policies,” including many related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. The CARES Act was passed in March 2020 to aid Americans grappling with the early effects of the pandemic. Many of the articles describe programs designed to help […]

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Susan Carr Susan Carr is a medical editor and writer specializing in patient safety and engagement. In addition to curating the EngagingPatients blog, she produces publications for the Betsy Lehman Center in Boston and the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine. Susan lives and works in Lunenburg, Massachusetts.

Susan Carr has 185 post(s) at EngagingPatients.org

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Financial Empowerment

Families Benefit from Boston Medical Center’s StreetCred

by Susan Carr • July 21, 2021 • 0 Comments

I’ve run across what seems like a trend: physician practices addressing the social determinants of health affecting their patients’ families, with pediatric practices taking the lead. Last week’s post featured a program in California that encourages parents of young children to talk with staff members in pediatric practices about their own behavioral health needs, with […]

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Susan Carr Susan Carr is a medical editor and writer specializing in patient safety and engagement. In addition to curating the EngagingPatients blog, she produces publications for the Betsy Lehman Center in Boston and the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine. Susan lives and works in Lunenburg, Massachusetts.

Susan Carr has 185 post(s) at EngagingPatients.org

Check out my: Twitter