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The UNM School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine is excited to announce the Center for Inclusive Health’s Mobile Medical Team (aka Street Medicine Team) as an innovative, compassionate, and patient-centered care delivery model for folks experiencing homelessness or who are precariously housed in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County.
The interprofessional and interdisciplinary Mobile Medical Team “meets the patients where they are” on the street, in shelters, or in temporary housing to offer high-quality acute, chronic, and preventive medical and mental health care.
The Mobile Medical Team includes physicians, nurses, ambulatory practice professionals (physician assistants and nurse practitioners) and other clinicians who have expertise in complex patient care. Street Medicine collaborates with multiple community partners including Albuquerque Community Safety, the City of Albuquerque, Albuquerque Police Department, and others to improve patient health, and reduce emergency room visits, inpatient hospital stays, and crisis contacts.
Educational opportunities will be available to all levels of learners from all health-profession programs at the UNM Health Science Center when the program is more established.
Click here to visit the Street Medicine ECHO.
In the Fall of 2022, a generous donation was made to bring the Street Medicine Institute to Center for Inclusive Health to work closely with the teams and leadership to build a solid foundation to develop best practices for patient-centered care, research, curriculum development and advocacy.
In the Summer and Fall of 2023, another generous donation was secured to purchase two vehicles that were outfitted with special equipment to assist the teams in providing direct, low barrier patient care on the street.
Three generous donors are challenging you to help raise $20,000 for the Center for Inclusive Health! They will match your gift dollar for dollar! Change Lives! Double Your Gift Today!
Your gift will help the Center for Inclusive Health and the Street Medicine Team lead our community in addressing the vast social and medical disparities affecting the unsheltered in Albuquerque and across New Mexico and to provide important educational experiences to our learners.
To learn more about how your philanthropy can support the Center for Inclusive Health, contact Maggie Schold, maggie.schold@unmfund, 505-259-9164.
If you are interested in learning more about the Street Medicine Team please contact us to see how your support can literally change lives.