# TOPIC 423 - PHASE I XANTHOSHEALTH NCI TOPIC 423 ("SOFTWARE TO ADDRESS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH IN ONCOLOGY PRACTICES")

> **NIH NIH N43** · XANTHOSHEALTH, INC. · 2021 · $399,992

## Abstract

Social determinants of health (SDoH) largely shape the health and well-being of individuals, create
health inequities and drive a large fraction of avoidable adverse health outcomes and healthcare costs
for these individuals. However there remains significant gaps around best practices for SDoH screening,
effective integration and use of Health Information Technology, and connection of those with needs to
supportive services through efficient and sustainable solutions. Our overall objective is to design,
develop and pilot the prototype of a novel electronic-health record (EHR)-enabled standards-based
mobile health information technology to enable earlier, detailed, and continuous identification of SDoH
barriers among individuals with cancer; prioritize actionable social needs; incorporate the collected and
prioritized SDoH data into the clinical workflow; and facilitate the connection of the individuals to the
most relevant and needed community-based organizations and social supportive services to reduce the
burden of disease for patients, their families, their physicians and clinical practices. Our technical
objectives are (1): Design and prototype a tool that enables the convenient, secure and user-friendly
collection of comprehensive data on SDoH from patients via mobile health technology and makes it
available as discrete fields within an EHR to drive customized decisions for patients. (2): Integrate the
SDoH data with an intelligent community referral system that will serve as a “connector” to match
patient needs to social support services and community-based organizations. (3): Perform pilot usability
testing of the SDoH data collection and connector tool in a clinical environment to assess usability by
patients and clinic staff.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10504082
- **Project number:** 75N91021C00044-0-9999-1
- **Recipient organization:** XANTHOSHEALTH, INC.
- **Principal Investigator:** JULIA HALBERG, MD
- **Activity code:** N43 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $399,992
- **Award type:** —
- **Project period:** 2021-09-16 → 2022-06-15

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10504082

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10504082, TOPIC 423 - PHASE I XANTHOSHEALTH NCI TOPIC 423 ("SOFTWARE TO ADDRESS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH IN ONCOLOGY PRACTICES") (75N91021C00044-0-9999-1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10504082. Licensed CC0.

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