Hospitals are often one of the key partners for medical respite care programs. This course addresses how medical respite care programs can develop and maintain relationships with hospitals to for ongoing partnership and support. This course is 60 minutes in length. If you are logged in, all of your progress will be saved if you […]
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 Partnering with Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) presents both opportunities and challenges for medical respite care programs. However, the interest in medical respite programs within MCOs is growing! This webinar provides an overview of Managed Care Organizations and their relationship to medical respite care. Participants have the opportunity to learn about state-level coverages, contract considerations,
Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) administrators’ knowledge of and adherence to the Health Center Program Compliance Manual (Compliance Manual) is fundamental to increasing access and improving the quality of health care for people experiencing homelessness. The main goals of this Learning Collaborative (LC) are to: identify and discuss promising practices for better adherence
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Breaking down barriers and creating timely access to care is paramount when patients have co-morbidities that sometimes require urgent care. Oral health care team members are a vital component to the patients team. In a patient-centric endeavor, our team helped create manageable, sustainable cross-departmental workflows that empower the patient to improve their overall health outcome
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From homelessness to housing to health! This panel of community partners will cover how Denver used innovating healthcare partnerships to launch initiatives which provide supportive housing to chronically homeless individuals who frequently use emergency services like jails, emergency rooms and detox facilities. Panelist will share details of the Denver SIB lead to the development of
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Across the United States the homeless population is growing older and sicker. Homelessness results in an accelerated aging process and the rapid worsening of chronic medical conditions that could be treated with consistent access to quality care and shelter. Additionally, being unhoused carries an increased risk of disability and traumatic brain injury. As the health
Housing the “Impossibles:” How to House the Medically Frail Homeless Population Read More >>
Collaborative partnerships are crucial to the delivery of high quality, equitable community- based care. While these partnerships are essential, it can be difficult for funders, large health systems, and smaller nonprofits/social service organizations to navigate, understand one another, and to build mutual partnerships that create a lasting impact. As we continue to work to de-silo
Expanding Medical Respite Care: Breaking Down Silos through Multi-Sector Collaboration Read More >>
This workshop session will explain a new innovative and promising practice created to improve services to the homeless. This approach is relevant to a very real, current issue. Homeless service providers do not have a clear picture of their client’s health history e.g. visits to the emergency room or to a mental health provider. Health
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