Primary care for veterans experiencing homelessness: a narrative review of the homeless patient aligned care team (HPACT) model

J Tsai, J Havlik, BA Howell, E Johnson… - Journal of General …, 2023 - Springer
In 2011, the US Department of Veterans Health (VA) implemented a homeless-tailored
primary care medical home model called the Homeless Patient Aligned Care Teams …

Systematic review of contemporary interventions for improving discharge support and transitions of care from the patient experience perspective

TS Jesus, BZ Stern, D Lee, M Zhang, J Struhar… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Aim To synthesize the impact of improvement interventions related to care coordination,
discharge support and care transitions on patient experience measures. Method Systematic …

Meeting the Health and Social Needs of America's Unhoused and Housing-Unstable Populations: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians

J Serchen, DR Hilden, MW Beachy… - Annals of Internal …, 2024 - acpjournals.org
Access to safe and stable housing has both a direct and indirect effect on health.
Experiencing homelessness and housing instability can induce stress and trauma …

Comparison of patient experience between primary care settings tailored for homeless clientele and mainstream care settings

SG Kertesz, AJ deRussy, Y Kim, AE Hoge… - Medical care, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: More than 1 million Americans receive primary care from federal homeless
health care programs yearly. Vulnerabilities that can make care challenging include pain …

Prevalence of and risk factors associated with nonfatal overdose among veterans who have experienced homelessness

KR Riggs, AE Hoge, AJ DeRussy… - JAMA Network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Individuals with a history of homelessness are at increased risk for drug or
alcohol overdose, although the proportion who have had recent nonfatal overdose is …

Exploring quality of primary care for patients who experience homelessness and the clinicians who serve them: What are their aspirations?

AL Varley, AE Montgomery, J Steward… - Qualitative health …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
To develop and evaluate an effective model of patient-centered, high-quality, homeless-
focused primary care, our team explored key domains of primary care that may be important …

Enhancing primary care experiences for homeless patients with serious mental illness: Results from a national survey

S Gabrielian, AL Jones, AE Hoge… - Journal of Primary …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: Patients experiencing homelessness (PEH) with serious mental illness (SMI)
have poor satisfaction with primary care. We assessed if primary care teams tailored for …

Ambulatory Intensive Care for Medically Complex Patients at a Health Care Clinic for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness: The SUMMIT Randomized Clinical Trial

B Chan, ST Edwards, P Srikanth, M Mitchell… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Intensive primary care interventions have been promoted to reduce
hospitalization rates and improve health outcomes for medically complex patients, but …

The state of knowledge on female veterans experiencing homelessness: a scoping review of the literature

H Hassan, J Serrato, C Forchuk - Armed Forces & Society, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The primary goal of this scoping review was to assess and summarize existing research on
homelessness among female Veterans to understand their unique experiences. A total of 52 …

Peer support and whole health coaching to address the healthcare needs of homeless veterans: a pilot study

D Blonigen, D Smelson, J Smith, N Baldwin… - BMC Primary …, 2022 - Springer
Background Homelessness is a robust social determinant of acute care service utilization
among veterans. Although intensive outpatient programs have been developed for …