Wednesday, March 1, 2017
The National Health Care for the Homeless Council conducted a study to examine civil legal needs among people experiencing homelessness and the extent to which medical-legal partnerships exist in homeless service sites. More than 90 percent of the homeless service sites reported that their patients experienced at least one civil legal issue, particularly around housing, employment, health insurance, and disability benefits. However, only half of all sites reported screening patients for civil legal issues, and only 10 percent had a medical-legal partnership....Read More
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Forty-eight homeless service sites across 26 states were surveyed about their needs, attitudes, and practices related to civil legal issues, including medical-legal partnerships. The survey found that more than 90% of the homeless service sites reported that their patients experienced at least one civil legal issue, particularly around housing, employment, health insurance, and disability benefits. However, only half of all sites reported screening patients for civil legal issues, and only 10 percent had a medical-legal partnership. ...Read More
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Through a case study, this Perspective explores how residents can address health-harming legal needs working in partnership with interprofessional health care teams that include lawyers, and illustrates how such MLP experiences can relate to competency-based Milestones that are applicable to training residents in all specialties....Read More
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) clinics are embedding lawyers in their health care teams to address nonmedical barriers to care. This article published in Health Affairs traces the benefits of these medical-legal partnerships for Veterans in California, Connecticut, and New York, and looks ahead to how the VA may grow these programs....Read More
