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Providing Medical Respite Care to People Experiencing Homelessness: Yakima Neighborhood Health Services

Profiles Yakima Neighborhood Health Services, a health center in Washington State, that launched a medical respite care program in 2010 after a focus group of patients experiencing homelessness expressed the need for a place to stay when they were sick.

Blog

June 2022

Supporting Older Adults’ Social Needs Through Partnerships Between Area Agencies on Aging and Health Care Organizations

New research sheds light on the strategies Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) use to create and maintain partnerships with health care entities.

Blog

May 2022

Applying the ROI Calculator for Partnerships to Address Social Determinants of Health

This webinar describes how health care organizations and community-based organizations can use the ROI Calculator to explore and plan financial arrangements to fund social services for people with complex needs.

Webinar

May 2022

Moving Beyond Referrals to Strengthen Late-Life Depression Care: A Qualitative Examination of Primary Care Clinic and Community-Based Organization Partnerships

Partnerships between community-based organizations and primary care providers can improve depression care for older adults.

Peer-Reviewed Article

May 2022

Too Healthy for the Hospital, Too Sick for the Streets

This Tradeoffs podcast episode dives deep into how medical respite works, the problem it’s trying to solve, the evidence behind it, what’s fueling its recent growth, and what barriers remain in its way.

Blog

April 2022

Housing and Health

Curates recent evidence behind housing programs and interventions, and explores practical tools and case studies on effective strategies for improving the health of people experiencing homelessness or unstable housing.

Collection

April 2022

Positioning Community Health and Social Workers to Address Older Adults’ Social Needs: Lessons from SCAN Health Plan

Shared practical implementation considerations that can support health plans and provider groups in developing community-based models of care that use the strengths of social workers and community health workers.

Webinar

April 2022

Medical Respite Care Tool Kit

Resources to help organizations develop and improve medical respite programs for people experiencing homelessness.

Implementation Tool

April 2022

Gap in Willingness and Access to Video Visit Use Among Older High-Risk Veterans: Cross-Sectional Study

With the steep increase in use of telehealth and video visits in the last few years, the reliance on technology-enabled medicine may heighten disparities in health care access.

Peer-Reviewed Article

April 2022

Care Management Intervention to Address Determinants of Health for Individuals with Multiple Behavioral Health Readmission

Care management interventions for people transitioning from behavioral health inpatient care may be successful in decreasing readmissions if they address health-related social needs.

Peer-Reviewed Article

April 2022

Permanent Supportive Housing with Housing First: Findings from a Community Guide Systematic Economic Review

The economic benefits of permanent supportive housing programs with a Housing First approach exceed the costs in the U.S., with a benefit-to-cost ratio of 1.8:1.

Peer-Reviewed Article

March 2022

ACO and Social Service Organization Partnerships: Payment, Challenges, and Perspectives

Accountable care organization leaders share perspectives on payment mechanisms used with social service organizations, challenges experienced, and the impacts of these partnerships.

Peer-Reviewed Article

January 2022

Mechanisms for Community Health Worker Action on Patient-, Institution-, and Community-Level Barriers to Primary Care in a Safety-Net Setting

Patients and community health workers (CHWs) share perspectives on the impact of CHW services provided within a primary care setting to address barriers to equitable care.

Peer-Reviewed Article

January 2022

Cost and Utilization Impacts of a Medicaid Managed Care Organization’s Behavioral Health Wraparound Program

Behavioral health wraparound program led to reduced utilization and costs in first month after an emergency department or behavioral health admission, but mixed results occurred in subsequent months.

Peer-Reviewed Article

January 2022

How do Area Agencies on Aging Build Partnerships with Health Care Organizations?

AAAs and other community-based organizations can take key steps to improve their capacity for cross-sector partnerships to address health-related social needs of older adults.

Peer-Reviewed Article

January 2022

Aligning Health Care and Social Services for Patients with Complex Needs

Varying structures of cross-sector partnerships between health care organizations, social service agencies, and local government bodies have distinct strengths and serve different functions.

Brief/Report

December 2021

Using Patient Segmentation and Data on Health-Related Social Needs to Identify People with Complex Needs

This webinar explored how health care organizations can incorporate a segmentation framework into population health management using simple algorithms.

Webinar

October 2021

How a Medical Respite Care Program Offers a Pathway to Health and Housing for People Experiencing Homelessness

A medical respite program for people experiencing homelessness shows evidence of reduced hospital readmissions and emergency department revisits.

Case Example

August 2021

A Community Partnership to House and Care for Complex Patients

A cross-sector partnership to enroll older adults experiencing homelessness in permanent supportive housing led to meaningful reductions in health care costs.

Peer-Reviewed Article

August 2021

Improving Health Care through Housing First

A randomized controlled trial found Denver’s Housing First program led to positive impacts on health and utilization for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness and frequent periods of incarceration.

Brief/Report

July 2021

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Providing Medical Respite Care to People Experiencing Homelessness: Yakima Neighborhood Health Services

Supporting Older Adults’ Social Needs Through Partnerships Between Area Agencies on Aging and Health Care Organizations

Applying the ROI Calculator for Partnerships to Address Social Determinants of Health

Moving Beyond Referrals to Strengthen Late-Life Depression Care: A Qualitative Examination of Primary Care Clinic and Community-Based Organization Partnerships

Too Healthy for the Hospital, Too Sick for the Streets

Housing and Health

Positioning Community Health and Social Workers to Address Older Adults’ Social Needs: Lessons from SCAN Health Plan

Medical Respite Care Tool Kit

Gap in Willingness and Access to Video Visit Use Among Older High-Risk Veterans: Cross-Sectional Study

Care Management Intervention to Address Determinants of Health for Individuals with Multiple Behavioral Health Readmission

Permanent Supportive Housing with Housing First: Findings from a Community Guide Systematic Economic Review

ACO and Social Service Organization Partnerships: Payment, Challenges, and Perspectives

Mechanisms for Community Health Worker Action on Patient-, Institution-, and Community-Level Barriers to Primary Care in a Safety-Net Setting

Cost and Utilization Impacts of a Medicaid Managed Care Organization’s Behavioral Health Wraparound Program

How do Area Agencies on Aging Build Partnerships with Health Care Organizations?

Aligning Health Care and Social Services for Patients with Complex Needs

Using Patient Segmentation and Data on Health-Related Social Needs to Identify People with Complex Needs

How a Medical Respite Care Program Offers a Pathway to Health and Housing for People Experiencing Homelessness

A Community Partnership to House and Care for Complex Patients

Improving Health Care through Housing First