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Ask & Code: Documenting Homelessness Throughout the Health Care System

PowerPoint Slides(PDF) The health care system is increasingly focusing on the social determinants of health that drive cost, service utilization, and health outcomes. Hospitals, Medicaid-managed care plans, and health providers are particularly interested in the risk factor of housing status, a key element of health. People without homes have higher morbidity and mortality coupled with […]

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The 2019 Revised Adapted Clinical Guidelines: Medication Management for Patients Experiencing Homelessness Diagnosed with Diabetes

Webinar Slides(PPTX) November is National Diabetes Awareness Month! In preparation of this special month, the National HCH Council is sponsoring a webinar to introduce our recently revised 2019 Adapted Clinical Guidelines – Recommendations for the Care of Patients Experiencing Homelessness Diagnosed with Diabetes. The 2019 updated guidelines were adapted from the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA)

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Homeless Outreach: A Pre-Treatment Guide

Webinar Slides(PPTX) An outreach model based on a pretreatment philosophy affords us the opportunity to become both interpreters and bridge-builders. It is critical that we provide clients with real options that can be fully considered, as opposed to pre-programmed choices that don’t respect individuality. Potential treatment and housing opportunities are therefore re-interpreted and reframed so

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Tele-Behavioral Health in Homeless Health Care: Why Is It Hard, and What Can We Do About It?

Webinar Slides(PPTX) Telehealth is a priority in the current administration and many communities are excited about the opportunities that technology brings to serve unreached patients and expand services. Specifically, tele-behavioral health purports to enhance access to vital mental health and substance use treatment, conditions that are overrepresented among patients experiencing homelessness. But it has proven

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Surviving Severe Weather: Tools to Promote Emergency Preparedness for People Experiencing Homelessness

Surviving Severe Weather: Tools to Promote Emergency Preparedness for People Experiencing Homelessness Personal preparedness is a critical component of emergency planning. Yet, mainstream efforts to promote preparedness typically focus on people who are housed and have the resources to stockpile food and supplies, and shelter in place. Few communities have adequately prepared people with limited

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Health Center-Specific Resources

Health Center-Specific Resources An online repository operated by the National Association of Community Health Centers makes it easy to find resources and tools on a variety of health center topics. The Health Center Resource Clearinghouse is a “one-stop-shop” for health centers and provides a searchable database of resources aimed at meeting the information needs of

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