Rapid Start: Is the South Ready? A Conversation on How It Can Be Done
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Timely antiretroviral treatment (ART) initiation, linkage, and retention in care are critical keys for the optimal outcomes in patients with HIV infection. Implementing an open access process for medical, mental, and intensive case management care gives patients the ability to better achieve medication adherence and viral load suppression.
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North Carolina's HIV/STD/Viral Hepatitis Unit, along with Western North Carolina Community Health Services and Carolina Family Health Center -- two federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) -- has initiated a pilot rapid antiretroviral treatment (ART) program utilizing carryover funds and a streamlined HIV Medication Assistance Program application process. Preliminary data will be shared on the success of the pilot program.
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This presentation will review findings and lessons learned after implementing a pilot rapid antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation protocol into an existing federally qualified health center (FQHC) setting. Presenters will describe the processes used for rapid linkage, benefits eligibility assessment, and provider appointment with ART initiation.
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This panel will provide an opportunity to learn about the HIV/AIDS Bureau's current system and clinic-level interventions aimed at addressing Sexually Transmitted Infections among people with and at risk for HIV through the RWHAP Part F Special Projects of National Significance Program innovative initiatives.
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This presentation will provide an overview of Ryan White Early Intervention Services (EIS) and how this service category can be utilized to support communicable disease investigation (CDI) activities. Presenters will familiarize attendees with EIS services, how CDI services can be implemented with EIS funds, and ideas to implement CDI services.
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This workshop will provide a description of trauma-informed approaches and strategies and practical steps for health departments and HIV providers/agencies to develop and operationalize a plan for delivering trauma-informed care and treatment services to people with HIV.
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The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (Health Department) used a conceptual model of evidence-based practice implementation to outline a system for value-based payment for medical case management (MCM) services. The Health Department collaborated with key stakeholders, including MCM service providers, in the system’s design.
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This session breaks down the basics of site visit prep, grounded in the principles of project management, from the perspective of a grantee, who will share field-tested tips to help you prepare, gather and organize documents, and host a successful site visit.
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This session will share the Iowa Part B program’s electronic content management system project that will transition client charts from paper to electronic. Details of the project will be described (e.g., RFP, development process, and implementation plan), along with an interactive tour of the system.
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Financial tracking, allocation, and forecasting models will be demonstrated to assist in developing a master operating budget that allows for multiple funding streams. Assignment of expenditures into HRSA-defined service categories and allocation of expenses between awarded funds and program income resources will be discussed.
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The Multnomah County HIV Health Services Center will share best practices and lessons learned from its first year of planning and implementing a Rapid Start program aiming to get newly diagnosed people with HIV expedited access to antiretroviral treatment (ART). The workshop will include both qualitative and quantitative data results from this quality improvement project.
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Ryan White is the only federal disease-specific food and nutrition funding source. Despite its demonstrated efficacy, benefits vary widely state to state. As such, much of the innovation is happening at the state level. This panel will look at three different state-based programs focused on food and nutrition for people with HIV.
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Using data from HIV surveillance and Ryan White data systems, this study describes characteristics of and disparities in HIV care outcomes among main HIV care providers in Hawaii. Less optimal viral suppression and retention in care were observed among those under care of providers who infrequently provided HIV medical care.
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Requirements of the Uniform Guidance and HRSA’s Fiscal Monitoring Standards can seem overwhelming. Learn how the Atlanta Part A Program and the Finance Department’s Grants Administration Division worked together to meet the challenges of fiscal compliance.
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The Howard University National HIV Curriculum Integration Project (H-NIP) is expanding the HIV clinical workforce by assisting medical, nursing, pharmacy and other health profession programs at historically black colleges and universities to integrate the National HIV Curriculum e-Learning Platform into their education and training curricula.
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Using three HIV telehealth pilot projects as case studies, telehealth leaders from the Medical University of South Carolina—a HRSA-funded Telehealth Center of Excellence—will discuss how telehealth might be leveraged to improve access to HIV prevention and care. Telehealth technical assistance opportunities available through HRSA will also be highlighted.
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Prior analyses among transgender women receiving Ryan White Part A services in New York City have found evidence of disparities in HIV outcomes. This presentation will focus on viral suppression and the New York Eligible Metropolitan Area’s efforts to address care continuum outcome disparities affecting clients of transgender experience.
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This presentation will focus on how to select performance measures for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program service categories, provide examples of performance measures for all RWHAP service categories and offer strategies to customize performance measures to your clinical quality management program and funded service categories.
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Motivational interviewing is widely used in patient care, but organizational change efforts can benefit from similar techniques. This session will describe the use of motivational interviewing in coaching to improve HIV testing, prevention, and care in rural clinics and other settings. Attendees will practice using motivational interviewing for organizational change.
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