AMA Prioritizing Equity

Health Care Planning and Caring for Patients Experiencing Houselessness

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Description

In this edition of the Prioritizing Equity series, we explore the unique health care and social needs of patients experiencing houselessness and discuss the importance of equitable, holistic, cost effective, evidence-based discharge planning.

Panelists

  • Margot Kushel, MD, Professor of Medicine and Division Chief at the Division of Vulnerable Populations at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center – Twitter: @MKushel  
  • Stephen Brown, MSW, LCSW, Director of Preventive Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System
  • Denise De Las Nueces, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program 
  • Yinan Lan, MD, Homeless Health Medical Director, NYC Health + Hospitals 
  •  Dez Martinez, Founder of We Are Not Invisible and member of the BHHI Lived Expertise Advisory Board: @weinvisible 

Moderator

  • Emily Cleveland Manchanda, MD, MPH, Director of Social Justice Education and Implementation, Center for Health Equity, American Medical Association - Twitter: @EClevelandMD 

 

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