MedCity News April 21, 2023
Marissa Plescia

A cell phone is one of the best tools to have when caring for those experiencing homelessness, two experts said during a Tuesday panel at the HIMSS 2023 conference in Chicago.

Over half a million people are unhoused in America. And when caring for those experiencing homelessness, a cell phone is Ebony Funches’ best friend. In fact, she often brings two so she can have a backup if something happens to her personal phone.

“If you’re under a freeway overpass or you’re in an alley, who would want to take a laptop in addition to a backpack that I’m carrying, [and] a stool to provide medical services?” Funches, a doctor of nursing practice at Los Angeles-based Venice Family Clinic, said...

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