Clinical Practice

We All Do IT: UDS and Reporting Software

PowerPoint Slides(PDF) Each year, every community health center program is required to submit data for HRSA’s Uniform Data System (UDS). Technology can help in the process, but with several IT vendors promising fast and easy solutions, it can be an overwhelming decision as well as a frustrating process once we realize that there is no one-size-fits-all product. The tweaking

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Medication-Assisted Treatment: Buprenorphine in the HCH Community

Heroin and prescription drug overdoses have reached epidemic levels, spurred in part by the large number of opioids prescribed for pain. In 2012, 259 million prescriptions were written for opioids in the U.S., enough to supply every American adult with their own bottle of pills. An estimated 4.5 million people were non-medical users of prescription

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Prevention & Response to Infectious Diseases Within the Homeless Population(2016)

The recent multi state outbreaks of measles and global outbreaks of the zika and ebola virus underscore the need for comprehensive and effective community emergency response plans. In response to these and past outbreaks, government agencies, local and state health departments, and other entities have developed and implemented prevention and outbreak response procedures to reduce

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Prevention & Response to Infectious Diseases Within the Homeless Population

Prevention and response procedures to infectious disease outbreaks often do not address the unique circumstances of persons experiencing homelessness. This fact sheet highlights infectious diseases within this population, addresses challenges in the event of an outbreak, and provides strategies and tools that can be used to prevent and respond to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.

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In Focus: Vital Role of Case Management for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness

This issue of In Focus will provide: an overview of case management; its positive outcomes; the role these services play in enhancing health and housing interventions; the importance of care coordination as an aspect of case management; as well as discuss the implications for practice, policy, and future research. Download Research (PDF)

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