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After extensive reviews and updates, the National HIV Curriculum 3rd Edition launched on September 1 to start a new 3-year CE accreditation period.News Article updated on 09/27/2023
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About the Rapid ART DAP Project
Initiative with the goal of identifying, disseminating, and promoting replication of best practices in implementation of Rapid Start services.Organization updated 12/11/2023
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Rapid Start Implementation Resources
These resources designed to support activities to adopt Rapid Start as a standard of care.
Cost Estimation Tool
The Rapid Start Cost Estimation Tool will help you estimate the additional costs needed to support the planning, implementation, and management of Rapid Start services in your clinical setting.
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Watch this space for Communication Tools and additional Policies, Protocols, Job Aids, and Resources.
Resource updated 09/14/2023
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Rapid ART Community and Provider Perspective Videos
Series of videos featuring a diverse group of clients, clinicians and program staff and their perspectives on rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART).Resource updated 08/10/2023
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UAB 1917 Clinic Rapid Start Profile and Overview
The 1917 Clinic community health center has an onsite pharmacy that plays an integral role in providing clients with access to ART on the same day they are seen in the clinic.Resource updated 12/11/2023
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Rapid Start Service Delivery Models
Model Rapid Start projects, with highlights on their key features, video overviews, process maps, and detailed descriptions.Resource updated 12/08/2023
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Asian Health Services Rapid Start Site Profile
Asian Health Services (AHS) is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that specializes in serving medically underserved, immigrant, and refugee Asian clients in Oakland, California.
Resource updated 06/05/2023
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Borinquen Health Care Center Rapid Start Site Profile
Rapid Start services provided as part of a Part A wide initiative, with Part B collaboration. Borinquen serves a diverse patient population, including Hispanic and Haitian clients.Resource updated 12/11/2023
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Howard Brown Health Rapid Start Site Profile
Howard Brown Health's rapid start services use linkage care teams who manage clients through their visits and deliver follow-up services including ongoing case management and access to pharmacy services.Resource updated 12/11/2023
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Kern County Health Officer’s Clinic Rapid Start Site Profile
Rapid start services to a large county, including vast rural areas. Newly diagnosed patients are identified through onsite testing, surveillance data, and referrals from the local emergency departments.Resource updated 06/14/2024
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LGBT Life Center and CAN Community Health Rapid Start Site Profile
Community health center rapid start services delivered as part of a Virginia statewide initiative, with a focus on sexual minority clients.Resource updated 12/11/2023
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The Max Clinic Rapid Start Site Profile
The Max Clinic community health center partners with a walk-in STI clinic and serves client with complex medical and social service needs.Resource updated 12/11/2023
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Positive Care Center Rapid Start Site Profile
Positive Care Center is a HIV primary care clinic with pharmacists embedded within their core staffing model.Resource updated 12/11/2023
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Subscribe to Rapid Start Updates
Sign up for updates about the Rapid Start project.Organization updated 12/08/2023
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Systems, Partnerships, and Financing Strategies to Build and Expand Rapid Start
Review of financing strategies for RWHAP EHE recipients should consider as they develop Rapid Start programs and the systems level partnerships required to make programs successful.Resource updated 12/15/2023
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Huntridge Rapid Start Initiative
The Huntridge Family Clinic launched the Rapid Start Initiative to provide same-day ART treatment and comprehensive case management to clients with a new diagnosis of HIV. Over 90% of clients received ART on the same day as diagnosis, and 78% of clients were retained in care within the first year of starting treatment.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/08/2024
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Positive Care Center Rapid Access
Positive Care Center implemented the Rapid Access program in 2018, providing clients with ART on the same day as HIV diagnosis. Pharmacists, embedded within Positive Care Center’s care team, help clients with their treatment plans and adherence strategies. Over 90% of clients served through Rapid Access in 2021 received ART on the same day as diagnosis, and 82% of clients were retained in care at six months.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 01/12/2024
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Kern County Rapid ART
Kern County Rapid ART links people with a new diagnosis of HIV to ART. The Kern County Health Officer’s Clinic identifies people with a new diagnosis of HIV through onsite testing, surveillance data, and referrals from local hospital emergency departments. Kern County Rapid ART provides support services and refers clients to other community clinics for ongoing care. A study of clients with a new diagnosis of HIV in 2021 found that on average, Kern County Rapid ART clients were linked to care and provided ART within two days of diagnosis.Resource from the RWHAP Best Practices Compilation updated on 06/18/2024
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Why Wait? Start Now! What Jurisdictions Can Do to Support Adoption of Rapid Start
Insights from rapid start sites, determined from an environmental scan, virtual field visits, and jurisdictions participating in the learning community.Resource updated 12/11/2023
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Southern Interventions: Select Best Practices
Interventions applied in Southern locations, with evidence that they improve HIV care outcomes.Blog updated 08/31/2023