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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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Project STYLE (Strength Through Youth Livin’ Empowered)
Project to increase HIV awareness through outreach and testing events on college campuses and in the larger community through partnerships and care linkages.Resource updated 10/18/2023
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RUSH (Routine Universal Screening for HIV)
Summary
The RUSH intervention facilitates linkage to and retention in care through an opt-out HIV te
Resource updated 09/14/2023
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Rapid ART: An Essential Strategy to End the HIV Epidemic
Insights for entities seeking to create or strengthen rapid ART.Resource updated 03/15/2023
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Improving Quality of Oral Health Care
Learn about best practices for improving the quality of oral healthcare from a tested delivery model at Grady Health System. A presentation on HAB's performance measures for oral health and the utilization of data to improve care will also be shared.
Learning Objectives
- Learn about HRSA/HAB oral health performance measures.
- Identify strategies for using data to measure and improve performance.
- Identify strategies for funding and sustaining oral healthcare models.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Lessons Learned From Linking ADAP Data with HIV Surveillance Data to Improve Health Outcomes in Massachusetts
HIV care measures for people with HIV enrolled in the Massachusetts AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) were compared to people with HIV not currently enrolled; results indicate that enrollees have higher frequencies of engagement and retention in care and viral suppression. Evaluation of the data provides insight that enhances programming and service delivery to reduce health disparities.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Establishing an Emergency Department Opt-Out HIV Screening Program: Preliminary Results and Response to Lessons Learned
Establishing an opt-out HIV screening program in the emergency department has almost quadrupled HIV screening rates and has identified new and out-of-care cases. Utilizing a continuous quality improvement approach has allowed it to become a catalyst to improve workflows for other gaps in University Medical Center of Southern Nevada's HIV care continuum process.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Ending the HIV Epidemic by Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Providers
Learn how to develop, plan, and implement an organization-wide ECHO model to fully integrate HIV/HCV care and treatment into primary care centers and create wider access for patients with less barriers to care.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Collaborations among AETCs, Emergency Departments, and Health Jurisdictions to Identify and Treat HIV, HCV, and Syphilis
This interactive workshop will review updated data and discuss implementation challenges, facilitators, and best practices for routine screening/linkage in an emergency department with urban and rural challenges. Preliminary data from the initial two months (with more than 2,000 patients screened) include .7% HIV (including three acute infections), 7% Hepatitis C (HCV) and 5.2% syphilis.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Getting Started with Telehealth in Rural Communities to Improve Access to Care for People with HIV
This session will walk you through everything you need to know to start and maintain a telehealth program. It will also review current federal resources that can assist you in getting started and allow you to view the equipment in action.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Successful Use of Telehealth in Rural Communities: An Emerging Model of Care for HIV Providers
This session will describe the use of telehealth among providers in primary health care, behavioral health, and dentistry. It will review benefits, challenges, solutions, and impact on care. A highlight will include demonstrations and hands-on access to equipment.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Utilization of Telemedicine in a Rural State
Oklahoma has been classified as one of the seven states with a high rural HIV burden. Telemedicine is an excellent resource to reach patients in rural areas and continue to engage them in care and keep them virally suppressed.
Learning Objectives
- Describe a telemedicine program to reach rural areas.
- Discuss the challenges of telemedicine and overcoming these challenges.
- Describe the use of equipment and staff as well as a telemedicine bus to conduct telemedicine visits.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Ending the Epidemic with Urban Telehealth: Development of a Pilot Telehealth Program
This presentation will describe a distinctive urban telehealth program in a city with high HIV incidence and prevalence, and capacity building activities to increase provider and client engagement.
Learning Objectives
- Describe how telehealth can improve outcomes along HIV prevention and care continuums for people with HIV in urban areas.
- Explain how an agency can plan for and develop a telehealth program for Ryan White-eligible clients.
- Explain the implications of resource allocation for telehealth, including potential cost savings.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Increasing Access to HIV Care via Telemedicine at a University-Based Ryan White Clinic
Telemedicine has emerged to provide medical care to those in rural settings. This model has not yet been utilized by Ryan White clinics at academic centers. We use a multidisciplinary approach to conduct visits with patients via live videoconferencing. There are multiple challenges, but there is potential for increasing access.
Learning Objectives
- Define telehealth vs telemedicine
- Identify patient populations that would benefit from implementation of telemedicine
- Identify challenges and benefits to implementation of telemedicine
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Telehealth to Support HIV Prevention and Care in South Carolina: Three HIV Telehealth Pilots
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.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Georgia Utilizes Telehealth and Project ECHO to Expand HIV Care Management in Underserved Areas
Georgia’s telehealth/telemedicine and Project ECHO programs aim to identify and tackle barriers faced by urban and rural environments. Telehealth offers patients a virtual way of meeting with their care providers, while also improving patient engagement and care plan adherence. Project ECHO is aimed at workforce development and capacity building.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
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Providing HIV Services to People Who Are Incarcerated
The Maricopa Jail Project was implemented by five jails to decrease the wait time between incarceration and/or diagnosis to the start of treatment, and to better support clients to reach viral suppression. Maricopa hired a nurse practitioner to manage access and case manage across the jail system. The initiative was successful in increasing the number of clients who were virally suppressed.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 12/12/2023
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Coordinador de atención médica del Proyecto CAATCH / Manual de intervención entre pares
Plan de estudios de sesiones educativas para promover la participación y retención del cliente en la atención del VIH a fin de aumentar las tasas generales de supresión viral, con base en prácticas informadas por la evidencia, incluidas entrevistas motivacionales, para abordar las brechas identificadas en la atención.
Resource updated 09/19/2023
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National HIV Curriculum e-Learning Platform
The NHC provides ongoing, up-to-date information needed to meet the core competency knowledge for HIV prevention, screening, diagnosis, and ongoing treatment and care to healthcare providers in the United States. Project period: 2020-2022.RWHAP Technical Assistance Provider updated on 04/15/2024
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Partnerships for Care (P4C): Health Departments and Health Centers Collaborating to Improve HIV Health Outcomes
Toolkit to help Health Centers expand the provision of HIV services.Resource updated 03/15/2023