When Hospitals and Housing Providers Partner, Great Things Happen
Check out these three partnerships that are in the middle of the difficult work of creating more affordable housing units for very vulnerable populations while reducing unreimbursable medical costs that come with preventable but recurrent hospitalizations and visits to emergency rooms.
These promising practices range from shared resources among health organizations and housing developers to invest in permanent supportive housing to improved coordination and standardization of wrap-us services for the aging population so they can age in place.