Assessing the Impact of Social Work on Patient Outcomes and Health Use Evidence from Rural Primary Care Teams in the Veterans Health Administration Portia Y. Cornell, PhD Providence VA Medical Center | Brown University Portia_Cornell@brown.edu @portiacornell
Acknowledgements • Funded by the VA Office of Social Work and the Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) • Joseph Ader, LCSW • Chris Halladay, ScM • Melinda Hogue, LCSW • Cristian McClain, LISW • Rob McConeghy, MSc • Kevin McConeghy, PharmD • Whitney Mills, PhD • James Rudolph, MD • Susan Shelton, LCSW 2
Gap in research about social work in primary care • Studies test integrated care interventions that include social work against traditional models of care — but not social work per se • No studies of national scope of social work in primary care • No systematic evaluation of the impact of primary-care social workers in VA 3
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What do primary care social workers do?
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