{"id":165742,"date":"2023-06-12T16:05:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T16:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.healthit.gov\/dashboard_stats\/patient-comfort-social-needs-data-sharing\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T17:34:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:34:40","slug":"patient-comfort-social-needs-data-sharing","status":"publish","type":"quick-stat","link":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/data\/quickstats\/patient-comfort-social-needs-data-sharing\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient Comfort with Social Needs Data Sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For the first time in&nbsp;2022, the Health Information National Trends Survey (<a href=\"https:\/\/hints.cancer.gov\/docs\/Instruments\/HINTS6-AnnotatedEnglishInstrument.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\" class=\"wpel-no-icon wpel-processed\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><u>HINTS 6<\/u><\/a>)&nbsp;asked about&nbsp;individuals\u2019&nbsp;comfort with social needs data sharing for three social needs data types: food, housing,&nbsp;and&nbsp;transportation. 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