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Sam Harris, 65, stands in front of the OnMed CareStation on site at Tampa Hope. He said the hybrid-healthcare service has been a game changer for him.

High-tech 'clinic in a box' delivers remote health care to residents of a Tampa homeless shelter

Gabriella Paul

Tampa Hope is the first homeless facility to receive an OnMed CareStation, an 8-by-11-foot pod quipped with thermal imaging, medical devices to take vitals and a camera to speak with teleheath providers.

Kirtan Patel takes Annette Carter's vital signs. He is a second year medical student at the University of South Florida, while she is temporarily living in a tent at Tampa Hope. She says she is grateful to have the access to health care.

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USF medical students are providing free health care to people without housing

Stephanie Colombini

Residents at a tent shelter get health care they often struggle to access elsewhere. Students learn to adapt treatment when the ideal solution isn't feasible.

Fort Lauderdale Vice Mayor Ben Sorensen, left, Kathleen Cannon from the United Way of Broward County, center, and Rebecca McGuire from the Broward Homeless Initiative Partnership, right, all spoke Wednesday at the Fort Lauderdale Forum.

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Fort Lauderdale Business Community Zooms In On Homelessness Solutions

Caitlin Switalski

In recent years, the City of Fort Lauderdale has faced heavy criticism for its treatment of homelessness, including of a long-running legal dispute it's...