Colorado Coalition for the Homeless has been on a path to Zero Suicide for the past several years. The Coalition’s belief that equal access to risk assessment is at the heart of their implementation process and guides all they do. Based in quality assurance, their process was developed from the beginning with analysis, reporting, and […]
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This session will highlight the process taken by Hennepin County Health Care for the Homeless as they built their viral hepatitis program. The presentation will illustrate the current HCV barriers to care clients experience, how the team overcome those barriers, and how they collaborate to successfully advocate for sheltered and unsheltered clients to obtain HCV
Learn about a Medi-Cal plan’s approach to centering the experience of its members experiencing homelessness through strategic investments and program implementation in partnership with the local continuum of care and community-based organizations. Learn how these investments increase opportunities for unhoused members to provide feedback on programs and receive a variety of new services to support
While data is something the western medical model has been built upon, it hasn’t necessarily been equitable. This session will focus on how to apply an equity lens to the data that we collect as well as discuss what data we should be looking at, why and how do we collect this data in a
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Health care visits supplemented with tele transmission of auscultation, ear, throat, and skin examinations were implemented in a busy large scale metro mobile and fixed clinic primary care service. There will be discussion of user experience, and patient acceptability, satisfaction, and preferences. Speakers: Donna Persaud, Medical Director, Parkland Health; Sara Galvez, Practice Operations Manager, Parkland
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Telehealth has the potential for increasing access to healthcare services and improve health outcomes. The lack of phone or internet access should not be a barrier for this type of access. Telehealth technologies should be imbedded into free and charitable clinics that are providing services to these individuals. This type of access can expand services
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The homelessness services system is experiencing increases in the number of people without housing who have recently entered the United States. Rooted in human rights principles, this session will be an informal discussion of the operational challenges this change presents, as well as highlight strategies for delivering care and advocating for needed resources. Come to
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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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