4015.0 Looking at homeless health care services from a systems-level perspective

Tuesday, October 30, 2012: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
There are numerous challenges to capturing accurate data to identify people experiencing homelessness. This session will describe progress made, importance FQHC's play in the provision of quality health services to vulnerable populations, strengths of Medicaid redesign, and the benefits of collaborative relationships with universities.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe two challenges of defining homelessness using administrative data. 2. Compare the health and health care of homeless patients with that of housed patients seen in health centers. 3. Evaluate different strategies about how to build strong community-based coalitions to work and negotiate with government regulators. 4. Describe the relationships between medical and allied health professional training schools and Health Center Program grantees that serve homeless populations.
Moderator:
Lillian Gelberg, MD, MSPH

8:30am
View of San Francisco homeless healthcare based on city-wide administrative data
Maria X. Martinez, Carol Chapman, MA, Deborah Borne, MD and Thomas Bleecker, PhD
     
8:50am
Health status and health care experiences among homeless patients in federally supported health centers: Findings from the 2009 Patient Survey
Lydie A. Lebrun, PhD, MPH, Travis P. Baggett, MD, MPH, Darlene M. Jenkins, DrPH, CHES, Alek Sripipatana, PhD, MPH, Ravi Sharma, PhD, A. Seiji Hayashi, MD, MPH, Charles A. Daly, MHA and Quyen Ngo-Metzger, MD, MPH
  
9:10am
Medicaid redesign in NY and homeless health care: Developing strategies to formulate, design and implement appropriate protocols for adjustment to Medicaid managed care and Health Homes for homeless people
Douglas Berman, MSJ
9:30am
Seeking equitable collaborations: A look at university and health center program grantee relationships
Darlene Jenkins, DrPH, CHES, Patrina Twilley, MSW, Christine Stevens, MPH, PHD,RN, Molly Meinbresse, MPH and Charles Blackledge, MPH
  

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Organized by: Caucus on Homelessness
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus

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

See more of: Caucus on Homelessness
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