Are you interested in learning more about how your Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) health center can address positive social need screens? Join the National Health Care for the Homeless Council and the HITEQ Center on this webinar and learn how to support timely social needs referrals and care planning and operationalize social needs […]
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Post-COVID Conditions (PCC) Toolkit for Health Care Professionals from Americares Nearly half of Americans with post-COVID conditions (PCC) turn to their doctors for guidance. At NHCHC and Americares, we understand the critical role you play and the challenges you may face in staying current on this evolving field. We’re here to support you with the
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Nurse-led care models are often underutilized and can have a significant impact on individual patients’ lives and on community and population health outcomes. Co-sponsored with the National Nurse Led Care Consortium (NNCC), this session will discuss various models for building and operating nurse-led care teams across a variety of settings. Speakers will provide case examples
This session will explore leveraging interprofessional collaboration to reduce healthcare disparities in people experiencing homelessness through innovative care delivery models. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, at a large urban academic medical center, health care for people experiencing homelessness was disparate and siloed. The pandemic necessitated a level of collaboration across professions and organizations that was
An increase in homeless patients reporting sexual assaults to clinical and non-clinical members throughout the organization led to the creation of a post-sexual assault treatment protocol to provide trauma-informed care that is initiated at time of disclosure. Post-sexual assault care is often retraumatizing which prevents patients from reporting these assaults to care teams. This protocol
Pet ownership in the population experiencing homelessness can be instrumental in the decision and ability to seek health and social services. The “One Health Clinic” was designed to remove barriers to primary healthcare for PEH with pets in the United States and support the human-animal bond to encourage utilization of services. This clinical care model
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Health management is an essential task for maintaining a person’s overall health and well-being, particularly for people experiencing homelessness who have increased prevalence and higher onset of chronic health conditions. Health management is defined as “activities related to developing, managing, and maintaining health and wellness routines, including self-management, with the goal of improving or maintaining
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Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) administrators’ knowledge of and adherence to the Health Center Program Compliance Manual (Compliance Manual) is fundamental to increasing access and improving the quality of health care for people experiencing homelessness. The main goals of this Learning Collaborative (LC) are to: identify and discuss promising practices for better adherence
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