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Housing instability encompasses various challenges related to housing, including difficulties paying rent, overcrowding and being periodically or permanently unhoused. Itis a critical social determinant of health, impacting physical and mental health and the ability to seek and receive healthcare services.Patient populations who are unhoused face significant hurdles to care access, a higher risk of disease and death, and poorer health outcomes because of this social determinant of health. As a result, health systems must develop creative ways to connect with these groups.For Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC Health), the approach took the form of a hybrid in-person and virtual care program that reduces barriers to care for the unhoused in Charleston, South Carolina.
To ensure the program is expanding care access for the unhoused, MUSC clinicians and researchers conducted stakeholder interviews guided by the Reach Effectiveness Adoption Implementation Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework and recently published their findings in Frontiers in Public Health.The MUSC research team interviewed 19 program stakeholders, including patients and CBO staff, between January and May 2024. Though the research is government-funded, Adams underscored that the views expressed do not reflect the official views of the funders or the U.S. government.
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