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CDC has created a webpage where you can select your state and find out where to get an HIV self-test (home test) for free or reduced cost.News Article updated on 01/27/2021
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Creating the RSR Client-Level Data File
Overview of different tools available to create the client-level data file, including RSR-Ready Systems and TRAX.Resource updated 02/06/2024
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RSR in Focus: How to Access the RSR Provider Report through the Electronic Handbooks (EHBs)
This In Focus is for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) funded providers who had an existing account in the RSR Web Application. This document walks providers through the steps in accessing the RSR through the Electronic Handbooks (EHBs).
Resource updated 09/14/2023
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How to Share and Leverage Data: Learn from Three Diverse Clinics in Puerto Rico, Boston and Pennsylvania
The session will explore how to use data to comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements of grants and successfully migrate data.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Rapid Access for HIV Care and Prevention in a Center for Youth
Rapid has developed into a core feature of the Dorothy Mann Center HIV care continuum, assuring immediate linkage to expert HIV services, immediate initiation of therapy, and rapid viral suppression. Benefits are present for youth prevention services. Rapid access models are feasible and beneficial for youth HIV care and prevention.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Linkage Navigation Program Increasing Linkage to Care
Linkage Navigation Program provides an immediate connection to same-day medical care and medical case management services, promoting timely linkage to care and services, and tailored individualized care operationalizing initiatives such as Test N Treat and Test N PrEP with positive health outcomes for Ryan White clients.
Learning Objectives
- Increase linkage to care.
- Facilitate same-day linkage to medical care and services.
- Improve access, engagement and health outcomes.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Bridging Prevention and Care: The Impact of Starting STI Treatment in a Patient-Centered HIV Medical Home
Successes and lessons learned will be shared from three metropolitan areas on incorporating STI testing and treatment for prevention clients within an HIV medical home setting, along with how offering STI treatment impacts early identification service outcomes (e.g., HIV positivity rates, linkage to care referrals, and the rapid start of HIV treatment).
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Avoiding the Data System Black Holes: Stakeholder-Driven Design to Increase Data Integration and Reduce Administrative Burden
Data systems are often black holes, where agencies enter data but are not able to efficiently access useful and actionable data back to take actions to improve services. Learn how the Connecticut Department of Health is using disruptive innovation and participatory design to provide useful tools and data to the front lines.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Proactive Clinic-Based Substance Abuse Screening and Treatment: Helping to Advance in New Directions (Helping HAND)
A clinic-based substance abuse screening and treatment program is described. Using the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment model, this provides annual proactive screening of alcohol/drug use, with a brief provider response and a follow-up motivational interviewing brief intervention, with treatment provided by an embedded provider.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Test-and-Treat Protocol in a Rural State To Decrease Time to Undetectable Viral Load
Oklahoma has been classified by the Department of Health and Human Services as one of the seven states with a high rural HIV burden. Test-and-treat protocols are feasible within high-volume HIV clinics which serve rural and underserved communities to minimize the time to the first appointment to decrease time to viral load suppression.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Services Report (RSR) Instruction Manual
The RSR manual features reporting requirements, definitions of required data, and instructions about how to report required data.Resource updated 02/05/2024
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Rapid Antiretroviral Treatment Initiation in Two Healthcare Organizations
This presentation will discuss the rapid antiretroviral treatment (ART) programs implemented at the University Health System in the San Antonio metropolitan area and the Baltimore City Health Department clinics, as well as preliminary results post-implementation, lessons learned, and plans for future quality improvement in both programs.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Understanding Eligible Services Reporting for RWHAP Grant Recipients
This session, presented by RWHAP Data Support, provides an in-depth look at Eligible Services Reporting and how it affects upcoming Ryan White Services Report (RSR) submissions, including identifying how recipients should alter their RSR reporting to meet the new requirements and instructions for doing so in the RSR web system.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Data-Driven Strategies for HIV Care Re-Engagement: A Southern Perspective From Tennessee
This session will highlight the Data to Care program coordinated by the Tennessee Department of Health. Participants will learn how data is used to identify people with HIV who are considered ‘out of care’ and how to successfully re-engage patients into HIV medical care and supportive services.
Learning Objectives
- Collect, manage, and translate data to identify ‘out of care’ patients.
- Successfully re-engage patients into HIV medical care.
- Evaluate client barriers to care for program improvement.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Improving Timely Linkage to HIV Care: A Multi-faceted, Data-Driven Approach to Quality Improvement
This presentation offers insights from a successful quality improvement (QI) project to improve three-day linkage to care in a large urban federally qualified health center (FQHC) network. Attendees will learn concrete strategies to improve linkage to care, including changes to policy and workflow, as well as new approaches to using data for QI.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Fast Track to Ending the HIV Epidemic: Lessons Learned From a Rapid ART Initiative
Rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) after diagnosis can increase the number of patients arriving for appointments, shorten time to viral suppression, and promote health equity. The presenters share key lessons learned through the implementation process at a large HIV clinic in the South with the theme of partnerships.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Rapid START and Youth: Three Years of Rapid START Data on Those Aged 13 – 24
In December 2016 CrescentCare began linking individuals newly diagnosed with within 72-hours through the CrescentCare START Initiative. We compared linkage and viral suppression between those under and over 24 years old. We found similar successful outcomes for both age cohorts in our intervention.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Rapid Initiation of ART in Diverse HIV Care Settings in the District of Columbia
Implementation of rapid antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation is beset with clinical and process challenges. Three clinical providers will share their lessons learned from developing a program and delivering care in various care settings (pediatric, adult, and walk-in clinic).
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Rapid ReSTART: Building on a Rapid Start Model to Expand Access to ART in Louisiana
Review of a New Orleans FQHC's rapid start program.Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 12/11/2023
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Approaches for Rapid ART Initiation: Implementation Strategies from NIH-funded EHE Projects in Metropolitan Areas
Rapid antiretroviral treatment (ART) initiation in the United States remained 'investigational' until the update in the Department of Health and Human Services guidelines (December 18, 2019). Centers for AIDS Research (CFARs) in D.C., the San Francisco Bay area, and Baltimore will share how they are working with their health departments and implementing partners, including Ryan White-funded clinics to address rapid ART implementation strategies.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023