Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Australia
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucester, UK.
Clin Med (Lond). 2022 Mar;22(2):174-176. doi: 10.7861/clinmed.2022-0024.
One in three deaths of people who are homeless are preventable. The morbidity and mortality of people who are homeless is shocking. With people who are homeless having a higher rate of emergency department attendance and hospital admission compared with the general population, we have a unique opportunity to change their health and their life.This led to the design and implementation of the Homeless Assessment Tool (HAT) at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The HAT is an opportunistic prompt to assist doctors in providing the best care for patients who are homeless upon (or during) hospital admission.Teaching sessions on the health of people who are homeless and the HAT were given to doctors and nurses. Feedback commended the HAT's comprehensiveness, ease of use, and utility in assessing and managing a patient who is homeless.As such, the HAT is accepted as a standard by the Faculty for Homeless and Inclusion Health, further demonstrating its merits in assessing patients who are homeless.
三分之一的无家可归者的死亡是可以预防的。无家可归者的发病率和死亡率令人震惊。与普通人群相比，无家可归者急诊就诊和住院的比例更高，因此我们有一个独特的机会来改善他们的健康和生活。这导致了格洛斯特郡医院 NHS 基金会信托基金设计并实施了无家可归者评估工具（HAT）。HAT 是一种机会性提示，可帮助医生在为入院时（或期间）的无家可归者提供最佳护理。为医生和护士提供了关于无家可归者健康和 HAT 的教学课程。反馈称赞 HAT 的全面性、易用性以及在评估和管理无家可归者方面的实用性。因此，HAT 被无家可归和包容健康学院接受为标准，进一步证明了其在评估无家可归者方面的优点。
