Findhelp's specialty exchange services support social care referral and reporting under the Maryland Rural Health Transformation Program
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Findhelp, the nation's leading social care technology platform, today announced it is the first specialty exchange that has registered with the Maryland Health Care Commission (MHCC).
Findhelp is uniquely positioned to advance the goals of the Maryland Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) by helping grant awardees easily navigate social risk screening, referrals, data exchange, and reporting requirements. By equipping health care providers and community-based organizations (CBOs) with these specialized technical capabilities, Findhelp can help reduce barriers to care coordination and strengthen connections between rural patients and essential non-medical resources.
Streamlining Whole Person Care Across Maryland
As a dedicated partner to health information exchange (HIE) organizations like CRISP, Maryland's State-Designated HIE, Findhelp supports the exchange of referrals and social care information. By integrating social needs screening and referral processes into electronic health record systems, Findhelp allows providers to connect patients with community resources and receive information about referral outcomes within existing workflows. This can give health care organizations a more complete view of patients' needs, support coordination between clinical and community partners, and help address non-medical drivers of health.
"Building on existing data-sharing infrastructure and partnerships can promote greater sharing of social needs information and support the State's broader health care transformation goals," said Douglas Jacobs, MD, MPH, Executive Director at MHCC. "Findhelp's registration as a specialty exchange represents an important step toward connecting clinical care with community-based resources and interoperability across platforms."
Supporting Maryland's Rural Health Transformation Program
Findhelp's interoperable platform is designed to simplify how care teams collect, exchange, and report social care information across systems in a standardized way. These capabilities can support RHTP grant recipients as they coordinate referrals, monitor outcomes, and work to align with Maryland's existing health information exchange infrastructure. Findhelp's integration with CRISP supports bidirectional data exchange, allowing participating clinicians to review community referral information and outcomes within their existing workflows.
Strengthening Regional Data Sharing with CRISP
Findhelp's role in Maryland reflects its commitment to complement traditional HIEs rather than replace them. Findhelp users who choose to share information through CRISP can allow other authorized CRISP users to see community program information, referral status updates, and referring provider information. This gives participating providers a more complete view of patients' interactions with community-based services, regardless of where care was initiated.
"We're proud to achieve registration status with MHCC," said Jaffer Traish, Chief Operating Officer at Findhelp. "By connecting directly into EHR workflows and feeding social care insights into regional partners like CRISP, we're helping Maryland advance RHTP goals while keeping care human, efficient, and accessible."
Findhelp offers a solution to primary care practices and health systems looking to expand access to social care services and makes it easy for organizations to deliver whole person care and support rural health transformation across the State. The platform has demonstrated it meets rigorous, nationally recognized standards for privacy and security and has the advanced technical capabilities necessary to support the secure, interoperable exchange of electronic health information across clinical and community networks. Maryland RHTP grant recipients can deploy Findhelp's social care infrastructure immediately; it links seamlessly with EHRs without any upfront technical integration.
About Findhelp
Findhelp is the leading social care platform, powering a connected safety net. We enable health systems, governments, payers, and more to identify social needs, coordinate services, and manage benefits enrollment through a unified digital infrastructure. Our technology provides a smarter, faster, and more efficient way to deliver social care—at scale. Visit company.findhelp.com to learn more about our solutions.
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