Good morning-  As you can imagine, we here at the hospital anticipate seeing a higher than normal number of homeless patients in the ED tonight and during the cold weather anticipated this week.  Are there resources that can be accessed overnight by our social workers in the ED so that people aren’t spending nights in the waiting room or in ER beds we need for people who are acutely ill?

Tanya Copenhaver, MSW | Social Worker- Personal Health Partner
Patient Navigation & Care Coordination | MultiCare Health System| Tacoma General Hospital
Phone:  253.403.0502 | Fax:  253.403.1940 |
Address:  315 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, Tacoma WA 98405

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