About This Tool
What is SA HealthPath?
SA HealthPath is a training simulator designed to help public health professionals, community health workers, and case managers practice service navigation decision-making through realistic San Antonio resident scenarios.
Purpose
Effective public health navigation requires recognizing complex risk factors, making accurate urgency assessments, and connecting residents to appropriate services. These skills are difficult to practice in real-world settings without consequences.
SA HealthPath provides a safe environment to develop these competencies through simulated cases that reflect the diverse health and social challenges faced by San Antonio residents.
Who Should Use This Tool
- Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Promotores
- Case Managers and Care Coordinators
- Public Health Students and Interns
- Social Workers in health settings
- Clinic Staff involved in patient navigation
- Anyone preparing for CHW certification
Competency Domains
Each scenario scores you across five categories totaling 100 points:
Screening Questions (25)
Selecting the right three questions to ask
Risk Recognition (25)
Identifying clinical, social, and environmental risk factors
Urgency Judgment (20)
Determining appropriate response timelines
Referral Fit (20)
Matching residents to the right services and resources
Safety & Language Access (10)
Recognizing crisis indicators and language barriers
Important Disclaimer
SA HealthPath uses simulated cases for education and training. It does not diagnose, provide medical advice, collect protected health information, or replace professional judgment.
- All scenarios and resident profiles are fictional
- No protected health information is collected or stored
- Service recommendations are for educational purposes only
- Always consult current organizational protocols in real situations
Why This Matters
Business Value & Impact
SA HealthPath helps community health workers, case managers, public-health students, social-work interns, and civic-health partners practice triage and service-routing decisions before real-world encounters. The app supports faster training, better risk recognition, and more consistent navigation judgment.
Innovation
The app converts public-health navigation into an interactive simulation using realistic San Antonio scenarios, transparent scoring, and explainable feedback.
Execution
The product has a complete end-to-end flow: choose a scenario, review the case, make decisions, receive a score, and view readiness feedback.
Design
The interface uses a clean civic-health layout with responsive cards, readable typography, clear progress indicators, and professional visual hierarchy.