What is the Health Leads toolkit?

• A. A standardized screening toolkit used to identify patients' unmet social needs (SDOH) and connect them to community-based resources to improve health outcomes
• B. A patient education brochure
• C. An electronic medical record module
• D. A payroll system

Answer: (A)

The Health Leads toolkit is a standardized screening toolkit used to identify patients' unmet social needs (SDOH) and connect them to community-based resources to improve health outcomes. It provides a consistent set of questions and a referral process that screens for social factors like housing, food insecurity, transportation, and utility costs, then links patients to appropriate community resources. This helps healthcare teams address non-medical barriers that can affect health and treatment adherence. It isn’t simply a patient education brochure, an electronic medical record module on its own, or a payroll system, which is why the toolkit described here best fits its actual purpose.