A Data-Driven Approach to Optimizing Medical-Legal Partnership Performance and Joint Advocacy

Journal Article
Written By NCMLP

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In this paper, authors discuss ways in which use of data and quality improvement methods at a Cincinnati-based medical-legal partnership (MLP) have facilitated advocacy at both the individual and population levels as healthcare and legal teams collectively pursue better, more equitable outcomes. The MLP team saw a 38 percent reduction in hospitalizations among children referred to the MLP and were able to recover $1.36M in public benefits for patient-families. The MLP was also able to make system-level upgrades to housing (e.g., pest control, new roofs, and ventilation improvements) affecting 700 families after identifying patterns through data sharing and legal advocacy. And MLP partners streamlined SNAP enrollment processes at the county and state levels, driven by advocacy based on observed patterns of delayed benefit access. The findings were published in the The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics.

 

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Authors

  • Andrew F. Beck

  • Adrienne W. Henize

  • Melissa D. Klein

  • Alexandra M. S. Corley

  • Elaine E. Fink

  • Robert S. Kahn

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