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Aims for Improvement

Specific: Expand dermatology care access to men’s shelters using a teledermatology model enabling us to determine the efficiency, feasibility, and relevance of delivering telehealthcare to the homeless population

Measurable: Surveys to determine patient and provider needs enabling creation of practice guidelines, as well as surveys measuring feasibility and efficacy of the teledermatology intervention

Assignable: JeffHOPE precepting medicine residents, on-call JeffHOPE dermatology residents, dermatology research fellow

Realistic: Pilot two interventions: 1) a teledermatology program to determine feasibility, utility, and efficiency of this care modality in a homeless population 2) a patient-centered practice recommendation booklet to best serve this population including addressing health needs, medicines

Time Based: Run both interventions, simultaneously, for 1 year

Publication Date

6-6-2019

City

Philadelphia

Keywords

quality improvement, teledermatology, homeless shelters

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences | Telemedicine

Comments

Presented at the 2019 House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference

Expanding Care Access for the Homeless Using Teledermatology

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