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Healing Hands: RX for Homeless Patients Present Financial, Medical Challenges

Health Care for the Homeless providers “jump through hoops” to meet their patients’ needs for prescription drugs. They dispense drugs on site, according to the laws of their State; contract with local pharmacies; and take advantage of drug companies’ patient assistance programs. Many participate in the U.S. Public Health Service 340B Drug Pricing Program. Still, […]

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The Health Care of Homeless Persons: A Manual of Communicable Diseases & Common Problems in Shelters & on the Streets

A 384-page manual that describes serious health problems that commonly afflict homeless persons and discusses appropriate responses and treatment. The manual addresses communicable disease control and food handling in shelter settings, and current approaches to the management of chronic diseases. It includes convenient patient education materials in English and Spanish that can be easily reproduced

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Healing Hands: Dealing with Disability: Cognitive Impairments & Homelessness

Homeless people with cognitive impairments affecting thought, memory, speech, and/or psychosocial competence present some of the toughest challenges that clinicians face. Indeed, too many choose to avoid these difficult clients altogether — an option that experienced homeless assistance providers find unacceptable. The following articles describe the complex tapestry of cognitive disabilities and homelessness, and specify

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Health care at the crossroads: Strategies for creating and sustaining community-wide emergency preparedness systems

Prepared by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the purpose of this report is to frame the issues that must be addressed in developing community-wide preparedness and to delineate federal and state responsibilities for eliminating barriers and for facilitating and sustaining—through leadership, funding and other resource deployment—community-based emergency preparedness across the United States.

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