A System-Level Approach to Addressing Health-Harming Legal and Social Needs
Description
This case study delves into the inner-workings of the largest medical-legal partnership (MLP) in the country between NYC Health + Hospitals and the LegalHealth division of the New York Legal Assistance Group. It illustrates both how the use of patient-facing legal services fits into the health system’s mission, and how LegalHealth structures a variety of legal clinics across the NYC Health + Hospitals system to meet the legal needs of many different types of marginalized patients. Lessons learned from this MLP serve as an example to other public or non-profit hospital systems that may be interested in incorporating legal services into a holistic strategy to address the health-harming social and other non-medical factors that affect their patients.
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Authors
Joanna Theiss, J.D., LL.M., Research Associate, National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership
Janelle Schrag, MPH, Senior Program Analyst, America’s Essential Hospitals
Joel Teitelbaum, J.D., LL.M., Co-Director, National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership
This case study was published by the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership and America’s Essential Hospitals.
Acknowledgment
This report is possible thanks to generous support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Kresge Foundation.