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BHCHP Basic Goals 1984 Establish a health services care delivery model to provide continuity of care from shelter and street to hospital; Provide care through multidisciplinary outreach teams; Establish the capacity to meet the needs of homeless individuals for home-type respite care
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MGH Mission, 1810 “When in distress, every man becomes our neighbor…It is unnecessary to urge these truths on those who are already in the habit of cherishing them…The relief to be afforded to the poor, in a country so rich as ours, should perhaps be measured only by their necessities.” From the “Circular Letter” of 1810 of John C. Warren and James Jackson leading to establishment of the Massachusetts General Hospital
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Chronic Homelessness: 75% of Patients Are Homeless Longer than One Year
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Respite Referral Source
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Complexity of Illness: Dual and Triple Diagnosis in Respite Admissions
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McInnis House Length of Stay
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City of Boston Annual Census, 12/8/2003
Among 3,875 homeless individuals identified on a single night census: 863 (22%) in medical/mental health facilities 17 EDs 291 medical hospitals (88 in Shattuck Hospital) 87 medical respite beds (McInnis House) 176 detox 292 mental health hospitals/inpatient programs
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BHCHP and ED High Utilizers Boston, 2005
Boston Medical Center /25 (Boston University Medical School) New England Medical Center 14/25 (Tufts Medical School) Massachusetts General Hospital 16/25 (Harvard Medical School)
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BHCHP and Partners’ Healthcare 2004-2005
14,200 BHCHP patients 2,090 (15%) received services at MGH 1,148 (8%) received services at BWH Only 259 of these 3,283 served at both MGH and BWH
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BHCHP and Partners’ Healthcare 2004-2005
ED Utilization MGH: 1,515 persons (73% of 2,090) had total of 5,539 ED visits Average # ED visits: 3.7 865 (16%) of ED visits resulted in admission BWH: persons (83% of 1,148) had total of 2,836 ED visits Average # ED visits: 3.0 319 (11%) of ED visits resulted in admission
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Barbara McInnis House
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Barbara McInnis House FY 18 Admissions Level of Care
2335 admissions (1224 unique patients) Avg LOS: 14.3 days Level of Care Acute and sub-acute care (pneumonia, cellulitis, diabetes, cirrhosis, HIV, cancer IV antibiotics (e.g. endocarditis) Pre- and post-operative care Palliative and end of life care Wound care Detox (alcohol, opioid, sedative) Psychiatric care
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Medical Respite Care: Data
Respite Decreases Hospitalizations 225 Hospitalized homeless persons in Chicago Referred to respite fewer inpatient days at 12 months1 Respite Decreases Readmissions 743 Hospitalized homeless persons at BMC Referred to respite 50% reduction in readmission at 90 days2 Respite Increases Service Utilization 181 respite admissions in Ottawa3 Improved medication adherence 24.3% obtained housing 1: Buchanan et al AJPH 96(7) 2: Kertesz et al 37(2) 3: Thompson et al CJPH 97(5):
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HRSA Definition: Respite Care
“Short term medical care and case management provided to persons (generally homeless) recovering from an acute illness or injury, whose conditions would be exacerbated by living on the street, in a shelter or other unsuitable places. “
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BHCHP Model of Care 12,000 men, women, and children served in 2017
bridge between shelters/streets and teaching hospitals/CHCs medicine and public health family and adult teams (MD/NP/PA/RN/CHW) daily hospital clinics at BMC and MGH over 40 shelter and outreach clinics in greater Boston house calls to formerly homeless persons in housing 104 beds of medical respite care at McInnis House 24 beds of step-down respite care at Kirkpatrick House EMR since 1996 (now on EPIC) integrated, co-located medical/psychiatric/SUD care 20 MD, 3 DMD, 40 NP/PA, 60 RN PHS Section 330(h), stand-alone HCH annual budget $55M, 80% from Medicaid/care 12,000 men, women, and children served in 2017
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