Operation Safety Net
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Operation Safety Net (OSN) is a Street Medicine program in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and one of the nation's first full-time street-based delivery medical systems.[1] OSN was founded in 1992 [2] when Dr. Jim Withers [3] and Mike Sallows began to make field visits to the homeless in Pittsburgh.[4] In time, other formerly homeless outreach workers and medical volunteers joined the effort. In 1993, OSN became a nonprofit organization under the Pittsburgh Mercy Health System with Linda Sheets as the program administrator.[5]
Operation Safety Net visits the homeless through walking teams medical outreach staff.[4] Most of OSN's work force are volunteers. Withers was one of the ten recipients out of the 463 nominees of the $120,000 by the Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Program in 2002 and $105,000 of which was allocated to OSN.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Umar, Kauthar B. MA. “Health Care Headaches: Accessing Safety Net Services,” HHS Office of Minority Health Closing The Gap, August 2003.
- ^ "Man Who Founded Operation Safety Net is One of CNN's Top 10 Heroes of 2015". CBS Local. October 9, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
- ^ Fahy, Joe. “Doctors meeting here to consider street peoples’ needs,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Monday, October 10, 2005.
- ^ a b Malloy, Michael G. “Pittsburgh’s Operation Safety Net Is Making a Difference to the Underserved,” AAMC Reporter, March, 2003.
- ^ Lee, Madasyn (November 11, 2020). "Operation Safety Net opening winter shelters for Allegheny County's homeless population". Trib Live. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
- ^ Srikameswaran, Anita. “‘Street doc’ honored for work with homeless,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Thursday, August 15, 2002.
External links
[edit]- Operation Safety Net A Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania street medicine program