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An electronic outreach campaign was developed to provide information via the patient portal detailing services within healthcare and the community that could benefit the patients.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Over the course of 12 months, 2059 patients were identified from the employment SDOH question. Resources to support stay at work and return to work efforts were provided to patients through an automated electronic portal campaign with 87% of patients reading the message and 7% engaging with a healthcare return to work case manager.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Loss of employment has detrimental impacts on individual and population health. Most EMRs do not capture information on employment status. 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