3018.0 Partnerships to Improve Systems of Care for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness

Monday, October 31, 2011: 8:30 AM
Oral
Session Objectives: Define methods to improve outreach and engagement of the homeless population for inclusion in needed health and social services. Describe methodology for identifying high need, high cost patients. Evaluate a national effort to end chronic homelessness.
Moderator:
Joseph Benson

8:30 AM
Community-academic partnerships to improve systems of care with the participation of individuals experiencing homelessness, serious mental illness, and chronic physical disease
Lara Weinstein, MD, Abbie Santana, MSPH, Joanelle Bailey, Cornelius Crossan, James Lawson, Carolyn Armour and Karen Webb
     
8:50 AM
Addressing Barriers to Housing and Health Care for the Chronically Homeless with State and Local Partnerships in New York City
Maria Raven, MD, MPH, MSc and Ryan McCormack, MD, MPH, MSc
     
9:10 AM
100,000 Homes Campaign: Solving the Public Health Crisis of Homelessness
Catherine Craig, LMSW MPA
     
9:30 AM
Central City Concern's Recuperative Care Program: Transforming the hospital discharge for patients facing homelessness
Nic Granum, MPA, EMT-B
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Caucus on Homelessness
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, Community Health Workers

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

See more of: Caucus on Homelessness
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