Vulnerable Populations
Working poor
Unemployed
Immigrant/overextended visa
Runaways/Abandonned
Migrant workers
Uninsured
Pregnant women
Use Cases
Health Screenings
OB/GYN care
Nutrition Care/Food
Personal Supplies
Medication/Medical Supplies
Tech They Have
Burner phone
Shared phone
Library computer
May or may not be Bluetooth enabled
Potential Community Partners
Pharmacies
Churches
Public libraries
Community collegesSenior/Community Centers/YMHCA
Unions/work networks
Public libraries
Food coops
Government services (unemployment offices, Medicaid centers, local district/neighborhood/council offices, emergency/homeless shelters)
Charities (Salvation Army, Goodwill)
Example of Services Provided to Vulnerable People
Nurse practitioners at a church in Florida (Jim)
Face to Face service
No phone
Person seeking help is a known member of the community
Facial ID = a person recognizing another person
Boston (Dr Tom)
Many homeless have access to disability benefits, Medicare, have phones and ID/SSN
Red Cross (Bev)
Takes IC voucher from Fire department, teacher, nurse who knows them.
Knight Medical center (Dr. Tom)
provides food and supplies
no question asked
CUNY Food Pantry (Noreen)
mutual aid/informal services
no ID required
no questions asked
just need to get in building so could be a guest
Other Possible Use Cases:
Services in other countries (Simone)
Going on foreign travel soon
Interested to see how 3rd world countries handle ID for various purposes.
United Way (TomJ)
Concerned about deduplication to avoid fraud. Deduplication is contracted out to another entity. 2 methods: avoid killing patients, avoid fraud. Carmen at ONC working on patient matching.
Issues:
Dr Tom: Gov mandate to share medical records. Lots of duplication of records that aren’t exactly in synch.
Dr Tom: Healthcare is more disciplined due to potential harm to person.
TomJ: Stochastic, probabilistic problem. Isn’t always precise. Doesn’t need to be precise.