There is a growing consensus that the US primary care system must be redesigned in fundamental ways to improve health and the patient experience while lowering costs (Knox et al., 2011). The current system’s skyrocketing costs are unsustainable and present a serious threat to our national fiscal integrity, as well as to individual’s and small […]
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Webinar Slides(PDF) This webinar is the third in a four-part series on the patient-centered medical home; recordings and presentations from previous webinars are available in our Webinar Archives. In this case study of Mary Howard, a nurse-managed health center, presenters will discuss the NCQA’s PCMH standards and how they relate to an HCH grantee, the role
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Updated in 2011, this document provides examples of policies, procedures and protocols from six homeless health care projects with practical information for creating a safer environment for consumers and staff in Health Care for the Homeless Projects. It is an expanded and enhanced version of the 1996 document Sample Safety Guidelines in Homeless Health Services.
At present, there is incomplete information about the status of health centers with respect to Electronic Health Record (EHR) adoption, readiness to meet the standards for Meaningful Use (MU) of Health Information Technology (HIT), and achieving Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition. To address this knowledge gap, the Geiger Gibson Program at George Washington University
Integrated Care is central to the Healthcare for the Homeless approach and has been implemented in varying degrees in HCH sites since the 1980’s. The major elements of the HCH model of care include compassionate and persistent outreach to persons experiencing homelessness; an emphasis on easy access to care through the use of walk-in models
This document is presented as A Guide for HCH Providers, but its reach is much broader, with implications for the entire health care system. Claire Goyer, the author, has succinctly conveyed the genius of the multi- faced HCH “model” as it has developed over a quarter-century. She examines the Key Elements in light of the
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This issue of Healing Hands explores the impact of homelessness and mental illness on parenting, and presents practice recommendations to support these families. Download Research (PDF)
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