HHS Learning Lab: Guest Speaker Josh Bamberger
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Location
Marin County Office of Education
1111 Las Gallinas Ave Hollis Hall San Rafael, CA 94903Description
Description: Dr. Bamberger will present on how the healthcare system can invest in housing to improve outcome for people living with homelessness, mental illness and chronic medical conditions. Examples from a 9 community study will be highlighted.
Joshua Bamberger, MD, MPH has been working for the city of San Francisco since 1991. During his time with the city, Dr. Bamberger coordinated all medical and behavioral health services at the health department’s supportive housing programs. In 2012 he was a Special Advisor to the Executive Director of the United States Interagency on Homelessness. He is an attending physician at the Downtown VA health clinic and is the Chief Medical Consultant for Mercy Housing. Dr. Bamberger is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, UCSF.
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A guiding principle of the HHS Strategic Plan is to incorporate more evidence-based practice as a department-wide goal in the provision of services and practices across HHS.
The HHS Learning Laboratory will bring staff together to learn and discuss evidence-based best practices to enhance our collective work in Health & Human Services.