Clinical Practice

COVID-19 & the HCH Community: Six Crises Leading into Winter 2020

This issue brief focuses on the challenges of the upcoming winter season—COVID-19, flu season, winter weather, evictions, social upheaval, and collective trauma-and the essential actions that emergency response systems, state/local governments, and direct service organizations need to take in order to protect people experiencing homelessness as temperatures drop. Download Research (PDF)

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Winter is Coming: Flu & COVID-19

Webinar Slides(PDF) COVID-19 Data Dashboard(LINK) As we head into flu season and the second wave of Covid-19 infections we will hear from three experts in the field about how to prepare for flu and covid-19 co-testing, vaccine administration, and treatment. Presenters will share up-to-date guidance and strategies and include examples from both health centers and

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COVID-19 & the HCH Community: Ensuring Access to Care Through State Medicaid Telehealth Policies

In order to quickly respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government allowed temporary flexibilities to many policies related to telehealth services. This issue brief describes the temporary telehealth policies that have been especially successful for Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) health centers, and provides recommended actions at the state/local level for implementing more

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Building the Plane While Flying It: Health Care for the Homeless, Telehealth and COVID-19, Part II

Webinar Slides(PDF) Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) health centers utilized telehealth platforms in various creative and interesting ways. However, as the pandemic swept across the nation making in-person visits less safe, HCH health centers transitioned rapidly, in some instances overnight to implementing telehealth. Recently, Council staff conducted interviews

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