Homeless Status
Homeless Status is a part of patient demographics entry and it is used by Health Centers for UDS and/or state specific reporting. Homeless Status indicates an individual's current residential conditions at the time of service. This status is used at the patient level for UDS reporting and at the encounter level for HRSA reporting.
The patient level Homeless Status field displays on the UDS tab of the Add/Modify Patient Information window in NextGen® Enterprise PM.
The encounter level Homeless Status field for HRSA reporting displays on the General tab of the Encounter Maintenance window in NextGen® Enterprise PM.
Recommended entries for UDS reporting:
- Doubling Up
- Not Homeless
- Shelter
- Street
- Transitional
- Unknown/Unreported