As an anchor institution, Northwell Health serves as a model of good behavior by protecting and enhancing the sustainability of our communities, locally, regionally and globally. We engage with community partners in coalitions to help identify the underlying environmental and social causes of chronic diseases and health disparities and leverage our resources to address these issues to create systemic change. At Northwell Health, we recognize that the most effective strategy in addressing total health is by engaging patients as partners. Our standardized self-reported SDH screening questionnaire allows patients to self-identify sensitive social issues that impact their lives at the time of their visit to our facilities. Our self-reported SDH screening tool incorporates a social model of health and removes the sole focus of body function, structure and disease alone, creating the ability to assess and identify patients’ needs in real time and allowing our providers to be engaged in the overall plan of care and to connect patients to needed social services.