General Information
Recognizing that early intervention
is a key factor in the provision of
timely, quality service, the
Department has been delegated the
authority to operate under an
open-referral system, which permits
the delivery of services to all
hospitalized patients, irrespective
of a physician, or other healthcare
team member referral or consult.
Within this context of operation,
the ability to engage in early case
finding is maximized, thereby
affording early comprehensive social
work intervention to those patients
at-risk. In this inner-city
environment, these typically include
the frail elderly, the chronically
ill population, the homeless,
neglected and abandoned infants,
trauma victims and the uninsured;
therefore, the screening process
utilized in the Department is
particularly designed to target high
volume, problem-prone, at-risk
patients.
Services
The Department's schema for the delivery
of in-patient services is a unit-based
system in which each nursing station has
an assigned social worker. Such a
deployment of staff supports the health
care team concept with respect to
collaboration and communication—two key
elements in providing comprehensive and
quality patient care. In addition to the
unit-based system, social work service
is delivered through the Emergency Care
Area and all of the Ambulatory Care
Clinics, particularly, the Mental Health
Clinic, the Cancer Center, the Family
Practice Clinic and the Chronic
Hemodialysis Center. With the exception
of the HUMED Center, social work
services are provided to all units of
the Hospital and all satellite centers.
The major services and functions
provided are:
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High-Risk Case Finding and Screening
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Psychosocial Assessments
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Psychosocial Counseling
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Discharge Planning
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Health Education
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Patient and Family Conferences
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Patient and Family .Advocacy
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Consultations
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Teaching and training
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Information and Referrals
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Out-Patient and Continuity of Care
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Self-help and Emotional Support
Groups
Staff
Rosalind R. Sims, LICSW, Director
Regina Cade, LICSW
Iris Holloman, BSW
Thornasine Lyles, LICSW
Faye Mason, LEICS.
Diedra Mitchell-Wright, LEICS.
Natasha Parks, LEICS.
Toni Peterson, LEICS.
Anne Street Smith, LEICS.
Barbara Smith, LICSW
Tommyzee Sags, LEICS.
Suresh Wadhawan, LEICS.
Janett Wizner, LICCW
Location, Hours, Appointments
2041 Georgia Avenue, NW, Room 2023
Washington DC 20060
Phone: (202) 865-6731
Fax: (202) 865-6331
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am -
4:30 pm
Appointment: Please call (202)
865-6731
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