Bread for the City provides a variety of services to DC residents who are living with low income, including:

Health Care    "Dr. Randi"
Bread for the city has primary care, dental, vision, and behavioral health clinics that serve patients regardless of their ability to pay.  For new appointments:

202-386-7020
Bread for the City Clinic
1525 7th Street NW
Washington, DC 20001


Food
DC residents who have incomes at 200% or less of the federal poverty line are eligible for monthly food supplementation from bread from the city.  Details on eligibility can be found here.  

The food pantry locations are colocated with the clinic above and the clothing distribution center below.  

The northwest location is open
M-Th 8:30am - 5pm
F 8am - 12pm
Closed 12pm-1pm

​The southeast location is open
M-Th 9am - 5pm
F 9am - 12pm
Closed 12pm-1pm

Clothing
Bread for the city accepts clothing donations and distributes clothing through a distribution center that is open

Tuesday - Thursday, 10am - 2pm

1640 Good Hope Road SE
Washington, DC 20020

Clients can visit once per week to see what is available.

Miriams Kitchen serves approximately 300 meals to the homeless every day and is located very close to GW.  Hours are:

Breakfast: 6:30 - 8:00 AM
Dinner: 4:45 - 5:45 PM

at:
2401 Virginia Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20037

They also provide case management to help with job search, housing assistance, etc.  More information can be found here.  ​

Homeless Shelters
DC maintains a list of shelters for the homeless.  Information on availability at any time can be obtained by calling the Shelter Hotline: 202-399-7093

Shelter locations are listed here.

GW Student Health offers primary care services to GW students needing general medical follow, up as well as referrals to specialists, sexual health including PreP, women's health services, LGBTQ health, STI testing, and psychiatric services.  

Hours vary by semester and can be found at:  https://healthcenter.gwu.edu

Students can make an appointment by calling: 202-994-5300

The address is:
Marvin Center Ground Floor
800 21st Street, NW
​Washington, DC 20052

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has a National Helpline, 1-800-662-HELP (4357), for those with a possible opioid use disorder.  The Helpline is a confidential, free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, information service, in English and Spanish, for individuals and family members facing mental and/or substance use disorders. This service provides referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community-based organizations. Callers can also order free publications and other information here.
To find an authorized Opioid Treatment Program dispensing methadone or buprenorphine to treat opioid dependency in your state visit:
http://dpt2.samhsa.gov/treatment/directory.aspx
To find an authorized DEA Registered Practitioner to treat opioid dependency with buprenorphine in your state visit:
​https://www.samhsa.gov/medication-assisted-treatment/physician-program-data/treatment-physician-locator

Use role-based system in TigerText to find the "Medical Admitting Resident MAO". Send a tigertext using the CONSULT tool to provide patient information including name, MRN, location, admission reason and brief story. 

Call the Gold Team Resident RF

8am-11am: Call the ICU PA/NP RF
All other times: Call the ICU Fellow RF directly

Daytime: Use the on-call directory through the intranet to find the on-call resident, and TigerText them individually. No current role-based TigerText is available. 
Nighttime: Call the ER Psych Social worker RF

Use on-call directory through the intranet to determine pager vs TigerText.

The orthopedics department now has the ability to book appointments online, and patients can book before they even leave the ER. 

https://www.gwdocs.com/orthopaedic-surgery

 From 8:00am-4:30pm: (202) 627-7829
After hours: (301)​ 953-4574
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To schedule an appointment for a patient:
 (202) 469-4676 or (866) 388-6489
PSC@unityhealthcare.org (protected email server)

u can call the triage nurse line (8:00am to 10:00pm (202) 627-7829) during business hours and get information you need about the patient, regardless of which clinic they go to. After business hours you can call the on call physician (301) 953-4574.

PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THESE NUMBERS WITH PATIENTS, ONLY FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.
 
ALL patients at ALL clinics or even NEW patients can be seen the next day as a walk in, you DO NOT need to schedule them a visit, they DO NOT have to call, just instruct them to go as a walk in, THEY MUST HAVE THEIR DC INSTRUCTIONS WITH THEM, so make sure you tell them this.
 
When you are discharging a patient that follows up at unity, make sure to instruct them to follow up within 1 week (unless it was more urgent), this is a metric unity has, please lets help them provide better care for our patients.

For patients with a known or suspected neurologic disorder who require more than elective evaluation, consider contacting the Neurology Rapid Access Clinic (NRAC)

Providers who wish to refer their patients for urgent neurologic evaluation at Neurology’s 2150 Pennsylvania Ave site may call 741-2793* and ask to speak with the neurology provider who is covering the “NRAC”. Once we have the relevant clinical and patient contact information, we’ll take it from there.
[*The Neurology Rapid Access Clinic phone line is staffed from 8am-4pm, M-F. After hours and on weekends providers should leave a message that includes their contact information; calls will be returned promptly as soon as the clinic re-opens]

Patients seen in the GW ER that have a smartphone or computer with a webcam can followup with a telemedicine visit for certain conditions. Before they leave, you need to provide them with a ConnectER Telemedicine Consult Card (looks like a postcard).

The specifics are below...