Leveraging a Data to Care Approach to Cure Hepatitis C within the RWHAP

Jurisdictions and their partner clinics used different approaches to implement Hepatitis C Virus Data to Care project activities based on their previous experience, data management infrastructure, ability to share data, and staffing resources. This implementation manual summarizes these approaches, points to lessons learned and best practices for supporting the replication of efforts, and lists key resources for health department jurisdictions to start implementation.

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The HCV co-infection clearance cascade is a tool to help jurisdictions to visualize diagnosis and treatment milestones to identify gaps in care for individuals with HCV/HIV co-infection. By monitoring progress from initial infection to cure, jurisdictions can evaluate micro-elimination efforts that increase testing and linkage to care.

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This SAS code may help jurisdictions populate the HCV clearance cascade template. There is no standardized national HCV reporting system, so each jurisdiction has to develop code that aligns with internal data management and naming conventions. However, this sample SAS code can highlight potential approaches.

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Jurisdictions partnered with RWHAP clinics to address gaps in HCV clearance cascades by utilizing an Excel-based Case Conferencing Data Tool, enabling identification of clients needing HCV care and tracking clinical outcomes to measure progress. This approach involves a case conferencing process offering insights and guidance for implementing similar processes in other jurisdictions.

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A series of four mini-modules covering the steps required to use available public health datasets to create and act upon HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) viral clearance cascades. These tools are helpful in identifying untreated coinfected persons and bringing them into care to achieve an HCV cure.

Each module includes 3-4 short videos detailing a step in the process. 

See also the companion document: How to Create Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Care Cascades for Persons with HIV/HCV Coinfection: A Written Companion to the Mini-Module Video Training Series for Health Departments and Clinics

Review of the data to care project and lessons learned on HCV micro-elimination activities from the Arizona Department of Health Services.

Leveraging a Data to Care Approach to Cure Hepatitis C Virus among People with HIV: Jurisdiction Approaches

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Review of Data to Care, an approach for leveraging existing clinical data and public health surveillance systems to identify people with HIV who are not engaged in care. During this webinar, subject matter experts outlined how jurisdictions can use the Data to Care approach to cure hepatitis C (HCV) infection among co-infected clients in the RWHAP.

Innovative HIV Care Strategies for HIV/HCV Co-Infection

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Introducing Data to Care Approaches for People Co-infected with HIV/HCV

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