Integrating Social Care Into the Delivery of Health Care

This Viewpoint summarizes a 2019 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine consensus committee report defining 5 priority development areas for the US health care system to integrate social care into health care delivery: designing delivery systems and building workforce, developing digital infrastructure interoperable between health and social care organizations, and funding the integration and research into the effectiveness and implementation of social care practices in health care settings.