Cultivating Community Connections and Addressing Social Drivers of Health: June 26

Date: June 26, 2025 Time: 12:00 PM

Location:

Webinar - 12-1 p.m.

Registration:

This program is complimentary. Funding for this program was provided by IDPH Improving the Health of Illinoisans Through Chronic Disease Prevention grant. (CDC-RFA-DP-2304).

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Social drivers of health (SDOH) impact individuals before they interact with the healthcare system and continue to affect them after receiving care. Adopting sustainable processes to screen for and address social needs can help improve patient health outcomes. This two-part webinar series will guide you in developing a screening process and present strategies to strengthen connections between healthcare systems and community-based organizations. You’ll learn how to assess whether efforts to address patients’ social needs are effective and how your efforts are impacting patients.

The second webinar, “Addressing Social Needs at the Individual and Community Level,” will assist teams in moving from screening and referral to building systems for sustainable, measurable impact.

Objectives

Webinar 2: Addressing Social Needs at the Individual and Community Level (June 26)

  • Consider best practices for creating dynamic community resource guides

  • Discuss opportunities to strengthen partnerships with a variety of community organizations

  • Explore strategies to understand whether and how referrals to community-based organizations are effective for patients

Who Should Attend

  • C-Suite leaders

  • Nurses

  • Physicians

  • Health educators

  • Social workers

Speakers

Natalie Graves, MPH
Director, Research and Implementation, Convergence Health

Graves has more than a decade of experience leading programs to transform healthcare by leveraging quality improvement strategies and promoting peer-to-peer learning. Her areas of expertise include social drivers of health, value-based care, delivery, system transformation, and payment reform. Graves holds a Master of Public Health from the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan.

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