Sheltering in place is impossible for persons to whom “safer at home” does not apply.

US health care desperately needs a workforce prepared to respond equitably to social influences on health needs of people experiencing homelessness.

Health educators have duties to teach patient focus, motivate equity, and cultivate students’ capacity to serve our most vulnerable neighbors, wherever they reside.

Chicago Street Medicine implements HHC to improve health outcomes and care continuity for patients experiencing homelessness.

Clinicians and police are positioned to help persons experiencing homelessness, but little has been said about how their best impulses to serve could most productively overlap.

The National Health Care for the Homeless Council supports clinicians serving 1 million patients per year in 300 Health Care for the Homeless federally qualified health centers and 100 medical respite programs.

For some patients whose survival is extended by disease-modifying interventions, little guidance about clinical and ethical complexities exist.

Clinician-family communication in surgical intensive care units should focus on reducing value incongruence and nonbeneficial operations.

When surgical intervention is most appropriate, success should be defined by how well a surgical intervention aligns with a patient’s goals.

Priorities far beyond generating morbidity or mortality data are needed to improve patients’ experiences, innovate metrics, and advance surgical palliation as a field.