A new Essential Hospitals Institute brief details how essential hospitals are supporting the medical and social needs of patients experiencing homelessness and housing instability in their communities.
Our hospitals and health systems play a vital role in addressing patients’ social needs beyond traditional health care. This brief highlights exemplary hospital initiatives, grouped into four categories: housing development and community partnerships, medical respite and recovery care, housing support services, and mobile health. Each of these efforts is designed to improve patient outcomes and enhance community well-being.
The brief includes program data and initial outcomes that support the importance of housing programs and services for optimal patient health. The brief features programs from:
- Alameda Health System
- Denver Health
- Harborview Medical Center
- John Peter Smith Hospital
- NYC Health + Hospitals
- Stamford Hospital
- Temple University Health System
- The University of Vermont Medical Center
- UI Health
- University Health Truman Medical Center
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