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Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network Our mission is to improve health and health equity by advancing high quality research on health care sector strategies to improve social conditions. sirenetwork.ucsf.edu

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SIREN @siren-ucsf.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Survey finds smaller non-profits are less likely to participate in CalAIM. Dive into these findings in the latest article by @carolinefich.bsky.social & colleagues in BMC Public Health. 📚Read it here: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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SIREN @siren-ucsf.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
✨ICYMI✨ -Materials from our February 2025 SIREN National Research Meeting are available on our website -We released two Health Services Research Special Issues in April & May -Summer episodes of the SIREN podcast are live on your fave podcast app Read more here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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SIREN Mid-Year Highlights | Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network (SIREN)
SIREN Mid-Year Highlights
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Center for Health Care Strategies @chcshealth.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Community care hubs offer a way to unite local CBOs, manage referrals and data sharing, & offer MCOs a single contracting point. This brief highlights #CCH models established by #Medicaid programs in NY, NC, & CA.
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Coordinating Medicaid Health-Related Social Services Through Community Care Hubs - Center for Health Care Strategies
This brief outlines design and implementation approaches for incorporating the community care hub model into Medicaid delivery systems to better align health and social care.
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SIREN @siren-ucsf.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
ICYMI The SIREN podcast is back for the summer with weekly dropping every Wednesday through July 16th. 🎧 Listen here or on your favorite podast app: sirenetwork.ucsf.edu/siren-podcast
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HealthBegins @healthbegins.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
State #Medicaid teams: Planning or refining an #HRSN initiative? This tool can support states in designing strong strategies to evaluate program implementation and impact. Coauthored by writers from @healthbegins.bsky.social‬ @chcshealth.bsky.social‬ @siren-ucsf.bsky.social‬ Read:
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Considerations for Evaluating State Medicaid Initiatives Addressing Health-Related Social Needs - Center for Health Care Strategies
State Medicaid agencies are implementing initiatives to address members’ health-related social needs (HRSN) using a range of federal policy mechanisms, including managed care in lieu of services,…
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HealthBegins @healthbegins.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant www.nytimes.com/interactive/... by @irenatfh.bsky.social @jonhuang.bsky.social @emilyanthes.bsky.social @benjmueller.bsky.social via @nytimes.com CC: @jeremymberg.bsky.social
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JAMA @jama.com · 28/05/2025
In the lead-up to the 2024 US election, analysts debated the future of Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This Perspective examines how ACA implementation has varied across administrations and states. ja.ma/43NlQxM
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JAMA @jama.com · 28/05/2025
There are far-reaching casualties from Medicaid cuts, beyond the harms to the beneficiaries of the program. This Viewpoint discusses the potential widespread harm of proposed Medicaid cuts. ja.ma/4dCWZjG
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JAMA @jama.com · 29/05/2025
Viewpoint: Proposed Medicaid cuts may eliminate coverage for millions and impact services for children, people with disabilities, and older adults. ja.ma/4kIArAs
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JAMA @jama.com · 29/05/2025
Experts inside and outside the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been left stunned and puzzled by the decimation of a nearly 80-year-old agency that has been a global leader in public health. Learn how decimating the CDC will cost many lives in the US and abroad. #MedSky
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Experts Say CDC Cuts Will Cost Lives
This Medical News article discusses how recent workforce and program reductions at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will affect public health.
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HealthBegins @healthbegins.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Congress is rushing through cuts to Medicaid that will strip health insurance from millions – making costs skyrocket. They need to hear from you to STOP THESE CUTS. Call your lawmaker now at 866-426-2631 and tell them reckless Medicaid cuts should be off the table. #HandsOffOurMedicaid #SaveMedicaid
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 19/05/2025
More than 100 rural hospitals have stopped delivering babies since 2021, including a South Dakota hospital that serves small towns, farming communities, and a Native American reservation. Patients there now travel at least an hour to give birth. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Rural Patients Face Tough Choices When Their Hospitals Stop Delivering Babies - KFF Health News
More than 100 rural hospitals have stopped delivering babies since 2021, including a South Dakota hospital that serves small towns, farming communities, and a Native American reservation. Patients the...
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SIREN @siren-ucsf.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The recent special issue of Health Services Research (HSR) on social care and the US health care sector had lived experience experts and community members as reviewers. Learn more about the process here: lnkd.in/gA64rfA6 📚 Read the special issue here: lnkd.in/gWSNix6d
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HealthBegins @healthbegins.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Tell Congress: You can't cut #Medicaid without hurting children, seniors in long term care, people with disabilities, and people with low-income jobs. Our voice matters. Call your lawmaker at 866-426-2631 and tell them: NO CUTS TO OUR HEALTH CARE. #HandsOffMedicaid #SaveMedicaid #HandsOffOurMedicaid
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Urban Institute @urbaninstitute.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
To offset the cost of trillions in #tax cuts as part of the 2025 reconciliation process, Congress is considering changes to #SNAP that could negatively impact the #health of almost 3 million young adults. Learn more about the effects in a new Urban Wire post.
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Proposed Cuts to SNAP Could Jeopardize Nutrition for Almost 3 Million Young Adults
Almost 3 million young adults rely on benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to afford healthy meals, which in turn helps them successfully transition to adulthood.
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 13/05/2025
Decades of limited access have left many Black Americans at higher risk of drowning, but community-led swim lessons are helping close this dangerous health gap. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Listen: Black Swimmers Make Waves Overcoming Fear and Old Perceptions - KFF Health News
Segregation and lack of access have kept many Black Americans from learning to swim, which raises their risk of drowning. Groups across the country are working to teach more Black kids and adults the ...
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HealthBegins @healthbegins.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
So much harm will come to families because of #Medicaid cuts ‘She’ll fall through the cracks’: Parents of kids with disabilities brace for new reality 19thnews.org/2025/05/kids... by @bcrodriguez.bsky.social @nadrakn.bsky.social via @19thnews.org CC: @nicolejorwic.bsky.social @kjcrawley.bsky.social
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‘She’ll fall through the cracks’: Parents of kids with disabilities brace for new reality
Cuts to Medicaid and the Department of Education could have detrimental impacts on keeping kids with complex medical needs healthy and educated.
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
To my colleagues at Harvard with recently terminated NIH and NSF grants, please, please report them below. We’re told of at least 200 NSF grants and widespread NIH terminations. NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h... NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h... And please spread the word 🙏
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SIREN @siren-ucsf.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
There's still time to register for tomorrow's (5/8) 11am-12pm PT/2-3pm ET webinar on CMMI's AHC Model report. Unpack findings with Dawn Alley, Caroline Fichtenberg, and Danielle Hessler-Jones. Supported by RWJF. #Medicare #Medicaid #SocialCare Register here: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Unpacking the third AHC evaluation report. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
In November 2024, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) released the third evaluation report of the Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Model, in which Medicaid and Medicare benefici...
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SIREN @siren-ucsf.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Join us May 8th, 11-12 PST/2-3 EST for a webinar on the CMMI’s AHC Model report. Unpack findings with Dawn Alley, Caroline Fichtenberg, and Danielle Hessler-Jones. Supported by RWJF. #Medicare #Medicaid #SocialRisks 💻 Register here: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Unpacking the third AHC evaluation report. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
In November 2024, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) released the third evaluation report of the Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Model, in which Medicaid and Medicare benefici...
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SIREN @siren-ucsf.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
In case you missed it, we recently shared a new section of our website focused on recommendations for applying four key principles of anti-racism praxis to each stage of social care research. Access recommendations here: sirenetwork.ucsf.edu/anti-racism-...
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SIREN @siren-ucsf.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
"Opened in 2009, the clinic, a partnership with UCSF and the SF Dept of Public Health, serves low-income people who have tattoos linked to incarceration, trafficking or gang affiliations." Read more about this important work led by clinic director Dr. Pantell here: www.kqed.org/news/1203451...
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Past Lives Fade at This San Francisco Tattoo Removal Clinic | KQED
The tattoo removal clinic, run by a UCSF doctor at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, forges deep bonds with patients who are trying to mend old wounds.
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SIREN @siren-ucsf.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Registration Open for Upcoming Webinar: In Nov 2024, CMMI released the third evaluation report of the AHC Model, in which Medicaid & Medicare beneficiaries in 28 communities were screened for #socialrisks & offered navigation to help resolve identified risks. ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Unpacking the third AHC evaluation report. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
In November 2024, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) released the third evaluation report of the Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Model, in which Medicaid and Medicare benefici...
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up. If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes. Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
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Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...
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Climate Science Legal Defense Fund @csldf.org · 14/03/2025
Federal scientists: You are not alone. ❤️ @csldf.org provides free, confidential legal advice to researchers facing legal intimidation, harassment, & other attempts to sideline your critical work. Please reach out for a 1:1 with one of our attorneys: csldf.org/contact
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Contact - Climate Science Legal Defense Fund
CONTACT If you’re a scientist and would like a free, confidential consultation with one of our attorneys, please reach out.…
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HealthBegins @healthbegins.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Join us for this important & timely conversation. Hosted by Sadena Thevarajah and speakers Annie Chang from @nff-news.bsky.social, @drjoshhyatt.bsky.social, Ken Thomas, and Megan Thomas. Complying in Advance: Understanding Risks and Opportunities for Health Equity Work In a Time of Uncertainty
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Complying in Advance: Understanding Risks and Opportunities for Health Equity Work In a Time of Uncertainty. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Health systems and community-based nonprofits across the country are navigating confusion, fear, and uncertainty in the wake of recent unprecedented, chaotic, and deeply harmful executive branch…
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UCSF Benioff Homelessness & Housing Initiative @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Criminalizing homelessness doesn’t work, but some new proposals still double down on enforcement. Sweeps, tickets, and arrests just make stability harder. The real solution? Stable housing with support. Read more:
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Unsheltered Homelessness | Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative
Seventy-eight percent of Californians experiencing homelessness live unsheltered, forced to live their private lives in public. This group faces significant health and safety risks, including…
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SIREN @siren-ucsf.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
If you're not subscribed to our newsletter, you should be 😉 but we released the must-watch, final plenary discussion from our SIREN 2025 National Research meeting with health and social care pioneers Damon Francis, Monica Soni, Palav Babaria, and Sanjay Basu. sirenetwork.ucsf.edu/tools-resour...
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SIREN @siren-ucsf.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Our love letter to #socialcare
Roses are red
Violets are blue
We believe racial and health equity
should be a part of everything we do.
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ChangeLab Solutions @changelabsolutions.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Join the Collaborative for Anti-Racism & Equity on 2/18 as panelists delve into the pressing issue of health & racial equity work in the face of current challenges. This event is bringing together experts from @bigcitieshealth.org, @commhsp.bsky.social, The Dawn Lab & more. Register: bit.ly/4gLyZuy
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SIREN @siren-ucsf.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
(1/3) In the midst of the country’s political and climatic maelstrom, SIREN's 2025 National Research Meeting in San Diego last week provided a much-needed reprieve. It felt restorative to be surrounded by people driving to improve health equity in the US. #SIREN25 #SIREN2025
Photo of the SIREN team (eight members) against a background of monstera plants.
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 05/02/2025
State Medicaid and Affordable Care Act programs have long struggled to connect with lower-income Americans to help them access care. Now some are trying an alternative approach: meeting them at the laundromat. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Wash, Dry, Enroll: Finding Medicaid Help at the Laundromat - KFF Health News
State Medicaid and Affordable Care Act programs have long struggled to connect with lower-income Americans to help them access care. Now some are trying an alternative approach: meeting them at the la...
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Dr. Monica Soni is the Chief Medical Officer for Covered California. She highlights a new program calls grocery support program, a flexible fund service, for many Californians for 1 year. WOW!! #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
"If healthcare isn’t doing it right, give money back to the patients” - Dr. Damon Francis #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
There are several Medi-Cal benefits that can prevent and address IPV including but not limited New Birthing Care Pathway the requires IPV screening and reframing all maternal health services to use trauma-informed lens #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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SIREN @siren-ucsf.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Why lived experience expertise is critical to #socialcare research #SIREN25 #SIREN2025
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
IPV and relationship with physical health and social conditions #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 03/02/2025
Affordable health care makes the heart grow fonder … or however the saying goes. Make us swoon by sending us your sweetest “health policy valentines.” kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Strike Us in the Heart: Send In Your Health Policy Valentines - KFF Health News
Make us swoon by sending us your sweetest “health policy valentines.” Submissions will be judged by an esteemed panel of experts. We’ll share favorites on our social media channels, and tenderhearted ...
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SIREN @siren-ucsf.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Lunch time panel on the next four years of #socialcare research and policy. #SIREN25
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Laura Carroll @lauracarrollward.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
"Our #healthcare system is not a system. It's a field of many flowers blooming." -Dr. Lauren Taylor #SIREN2025 Every baby step forward is a step forward. "Thinking Dynamically" celebrates small victories as we move forward. #sdoh #socialdriversofhealth @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Here is the list of CDS (clinical decision supports) and what they do! #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
One of the greatest successes of the last 5 years is the awareness of social care and a huge thanks for @siren-ucsf.bsky.social for this! #SIREN2025
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
@siren-ucsf.bsky.social continues on with a lunch plenary including Dr. Stuart Butler and Len Nichols to discuss the next four years of social care research and policy #SIREN2025
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
There were a lot of wonderful successes! Two statistically significant improvements took place in screenings and Z-code documentation. CDS were helpful! #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
"Inaction is morally inexcusable" - Dr. Lauren Taylor @siren-ucsf.bsky.social #SIREN2025
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Appreciate Dr. Taylor sharing several books and articles to check out. One of my FAVORITE from @siren-ucsf.bsky.social that I share with nearly everybody who asks me about social care is this one! #SIRENT2025 sirenetwork.ucsf.edu/sites/defaul...
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SIREN @siren-ucsf.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Dr. Lauren Taylor speaking about the debate of whether the healthcare sector should engage in #socialcare or if they should they leave it to the experts. #SIREN25
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Samuel Bethel, PhD MSW LICSW-S @srbethel.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
SO EXCITED to be at #SIREN2025 National Research Meeting! What a fantastic group of scholars, practitioners, and lived experience experts! 😝
Picture of opening remarks of the SIREN 2025 National Resesrch Meeting.
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Dr. Chouchair shares that Kaiser Permanente doesn't just think and care for physical health conditions but thinks about social care needs when delivering care #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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SIREN @siren-ucsf.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Dr. Bechara Choucair, executive vice president and chief health officer of Kaiser Permanente speaking about the importance of #socialcare, the rigor that we should conduct research and practice, and the importance of understanding the types of interventions that are needed for patients. #SIREN25
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