Improving the Health of the Homeless: Advice for Physicians
Copy of Article:
Improving the Health of the Homeless
By Thokozeni Lipato, M.D.
Type of Program:
The Minnesota Medical Association provides continuing professional development activities for a variety of health care professionals in Minnesota. This activity is an enduring material and consist of a pdf posting. Successful completion is achieved by reading the material and completing the post-test. The estimated time to complete this activity is .5 hours.
Statement of Need:
The increasing need for providers to screen for common medical conditions and provide better care to homeless patients.
Description:
Homeless individuals suffer from a constellation of health issues, experience barriers to medical care that are both recognizable and hidden, and score worse on measures of health outcomes than the general population. They differ to such an extent from the general population that homeless people should be viewed by clinicians as a unique patient population.
Disclosure:
It is the policy of the Minnesota Medical Association to ensure fair balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all programming. All faculty and planners participating in sponsored programs are expected to identify and reference off-label product use and disclose any significant relationships with those supporting the activity or any others whose products or service are discussed. All members of the faculty and planning committee for this conference have indicated that they have no relevant financial relationships to disclose related to the content of the CME activity.
Faculty:
Thokozeni Lipato is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota.
Intended Audience:
This program was designed for: Primary care physicians. This activity was originally released February 6, 2012, and is available for credit through February 6, 2013.
After participating in this activity, participates should be better able to:
- Identify a patient who is homeless or is at risk for becoming homeless;
- Identify and screen for medical conditions that are common among the homeless; and
- Provide better care to homeless patients.
Registration:
To register for this program, please provide your name, organization, title, and email address. This will provide you access to the post-test. A CME certificate will be emailed to you if you meet the required 60% pass rate. Your certificate will arrive in 2-3 weeks.
Accreditation:
The Minnesota Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Minnesota Medical Association designates this enduring material for a maximum of .5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.