Over 8 million patients experiencing cancer face health-related social needs (HRSN) challenges, such as food, housing, and financial insecurity, that directly impact their health outcomes. While patients may participate in the screening of unmet social needs with their healthcare provider, it is not well understood if patients will self-screen and act on referrals to community services. Therefore, we conducted a mixed-methods study in which we pilot-tested a patient-centered oncology-focused digital social care referral platform, ConnectedNest.
Haynes, D., Trempe, E., Iwan, A., Osegueda, E., Sarkin C., Cross, D., Begnaud, A., Newcomer, K., Parson, H., Karaca Mandic, P., Enhancing cancer care through digital social care referrals: insights from the ConnectedNest pilot study, Supportive Care in Cancer, June 5, 2025
“ConnectedNest: a digital platform connecting individuals with cancer to social care”, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Prime Awardee: XanthosHealth, $1,880,487, 09/20/2024-08/31/2026 ( PI of grant: David Haynes).