TY - JOUR
T1 - Partnerships between health care and legal providers in The Veterans Health Administration
AU - Tsai, Jack
AU - Middleton, Margaret
AU - Retkin, Randye
AU - Johnson, Cindy
AU - Kenneally, Kevin
AU - Sherman, Scott
AU - Rosenheck, Robert A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 American Psychiatric Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/4/1
Y1 - 2017/4/1
N2 - Medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) represent an innovative service model in which lawyers are integrated into health care teams to address diverse legal problems that affect vulnerable populations. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) operates the largest safety-net health care system in the country and serves many low-income and disabled veterans who could benefit from MLP services. In this column, the authors describe the development and operations of MLPs at four VHA medical centers that serve veterans who are homeless or who have serious mental illness. The authors also briefly report on the characteristics of 700 veterans served by these MLPs from 2014 to 2016. MLPs can fit within the interdisciplinary, comprehensive system of care provided by VHA, and they offer opportunities to expand VHA-community partnerships to address social determinants of health.
AB - Medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) represent an innovative service model in which lawyers are integrated into health care teams to address diverse legal problems that affect vulnerable populations. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) operates the largest safety-net health care system in the country and serves many low-income and disabled veterans who could benefit from MLP services. In this column, the authors describe the development and operations of MLPs at four VHA medical centers that serve veterans who are homeless or who have serious mental illness. The authors also briefly report on the characteristics of 700 veterans served by these MLPs from 2014 to 2016. MLPs can fit within the interdisciplinary, comprehensive system of care provided by VHA, and they offer opportunities to expand VHA-community partnerships to address social determinants of health.
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U2 - 10.1176/appi.ps.201600486
DO - 10.1176/appi.ps.201600486
M3 - Article
C2 - 27903138
AN - SCOPUS:85018711178
SN - 1075-2730
VL - 68
SP - 321
EP - 323
JO - Psychiatric Services
JF - Psychiatric Services
IS - 4
ER -