CalOptima’s street medicine program seeing success in action

During one of the first appointments on a recent day, registered nurse Nicole Coye hopped from the van she drives the streets, tending to folks, and was quickly engulfed in a hug by her next patient, Carrie Firestein.

Firestein, who has been homeless for more than eight years, and her partner Joel Spillman, who has been homeless for more than three years, say the “doctors office on wheels” has been a blessing for them.

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Organized by CalOptima Health, in partnership with the city of Garden Grove and Healthcare in Action, the street medicine team Coye travels with is there to not just check vitals and that medications are working, its members are also equipped to help with a number of social services.

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