Our Medical Social Workers assist patients and their families with health-related problems and concerns. The Medical Social Worker performs a comprehensive assessment of a patient’s social, emotional, environmental, financial, and support needs which may affect the patient’s health and well-being. Medical Social Workers work with the patient’s family or support systems as well as other service provider agencies to develop a plan for the care of the patient in his or her home or other living arrangement.
Many, if not all, patients could benefit from the care of a Medical Social Worker. In particular, individuals with chronic degenerative illnesses; the terminally ill; individuals with mental illness; transplant patients; homeless individuals; and individuals with multiple social, financial, emotional, or housing problems.
- Assesses a patient’s social, emotional, environmental, financial, and support needs.
- Informs other members of the health care team about these factors, which may affect the patient’s health and well-being.
- Works with the patient’s family and other service provider agencies to develop a plan for care of the patient in his or her home or other living arrangement.