Informatics Problem Statement
Author: Fran Sánchez Cascos
ImprovingHealth is a non-profit health service provider that has the firm purpose of
addressing the social needs of its beneficiaries to improve their health (social factors
are responsible for 80% of health outcomes). It has implemented the HRSN
visualization tool in all its clinics in order to identify social needs and thus improve
health. After 6 months, its implementation is evaluated, observing the low rate of
forms completed and the poor adherence to the mandate of ImprovingHealth's
management. The observed causes of the malfunction are mainly 3: insufficient
training of the personnel to carry out the task, the forms are made on paper and the
results are sent to the plant every two months, collected manually by an administrator
(there is no process automation or integration with the organization's EHR) and lastly a
lack of leadership on the part of ImprovingHealth that has not explained the benefits
and why of this mandate to the employees of its organization.