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A 2019 White House Report tells us that half a million people are homeless each night in the UnitedStates.In 1992, Dr. Jim Withers began doing street rounds in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, bringing medical care to the homeless. Since that time the Street Medicine Institute he founded has grown to become international organization. In 2015, CNN named Dr Withers as one of their \u201cTop Ten Heroes.\u201d How might healthcare best include and serve people living without any shelter?\n\nThis episode was recorded on March 16, 2020\n\nResources referenced in this episode:\n\n \tThe Street Medicine Institute\n \tAmerican College of Physicians - Dr. James S. Withers, MD, FACP, on 26 years of treating the homeless and living by the motto, "Go to the people."\n \tCNN -Top 10 CNN Hero Dr. Jim Withers