American Hospital Association December 4, 2018
Providence Alaska Medical Center, Alaska Regional Hospital and Alaska Native Medical Center teamed up with Catholic Social Services to lend a hand to patients without homes, and Langhorne, Pa.-based St. Mary Medical Center uses a multifaceted approach to embed access to healthy, fresh food in its community.
Helping the homeless recover and find housing
Recognizing that health problems can be a path to homelessness and can extend homelessness, three of Alaska’s largest hospitals collaborated to open Anchorage’s first medical respite unit and clinic for the homeless. The Brother Francis Shelter Medical Respite Program, which is designed to facilitate recuperation, accommodates 10 patients from three major hospitals’ inpatient beds or emergency departments and is staffed with a case manager and program...
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