4293.0 Providing Coordinated & Comprehensive Care for Vulnerable Populations

Tuesday, October 30, 2012: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Oral
This session will discuss examples of collaborative initiatives implemented to improve the coordination of health care delivery in order to improve health outcomes for vulnerable populations.
Session Objectives: Discuss examples of how released inmates perceive and utilize the support provided to them by their communities, particularly as it relates to their health status and health-seeking behaviors. Identify the role of individual health care providers in a team-based care program that serves a complex patient population with low health literacy. List unique indicators that are useful in prioritizing service requests for mobile vision and dental services.
Moderator:
Maurice Johnson, MPH

2:30pm
Program Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Team-based Medication Safety Program to Ensure Safe Medication Use Among Community Dwelling Elderly Patients
Michele Burke, NP, MSN, Debbie Lu, PharmD, MPH, BCPS and Patricia Shane, PhD, MPH
2:50pm
Assessing changes in healthcare access, experiences, ER use, hospitalizations, and outcomes before and after implementation of a patient-centered medical home in Alaska
David Driscoll, PhD, MPH
     
3:10pm
Strategically prioritizing service requests for mobile dental and vision services
Anyah Land, MPH and Greta Todd-Moorhead, MA
     
  
3:30pm
Systems change across sectors to better meet the needs of juvenile reentry youth
Henrissa Bassey, MPH, Sonia Jain, DrPH, Priya Jaganathan, Sara Bedford and Yvette Leung, MPH, RD
     

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

Organized by: Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by: American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus, Caucus on Homelessness, Chiropractic Health Care

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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