Nationwide HIV-related Care Interactive Infographics Nationwide HIV-related Care Interactive Infographics HITEQ Center Tuesday, October 18, 2022 0 20346 Identifying opportunities for improvements in health centers In the 2022 UDS, United States health centers reported 7,328,565 of their 16,835,841 eligible medical patients (43.53%) were tested for HIV at least once after their 15th birthday and before their 66th birthday. Read more
Resources for Expanding PrEP Services in your Health Center Resources for Expanding PrEP Services in your Health Center HITEQ Center Friday, June 24, 2022 0 8230 Curated PrEP resources for health centers, compliation in 2022. HITEQ compiled this resource library for health centers, which houses actionable PrEP resources including checklists, pocket guides, and billing guidance. This curated set of resources aims to assist health centers in accessing those resources that directly address current PrEP challenges. Read more
Using Your EHR to Identify Patients Who May Benefit from PrEP at Your Health Center Using Your EHR to Identify Patients Who May Benefit from PrEP at Your Health Center Jamal Refuge Monday, January 11, 2021 0 20369 Identifying candidates for PrEP can be challenging but not impossible. The first step to finding the right candidates involves understanding the criteria for PrEP. Not everyone is a great candidate for PrEP or can adhere to the frequent testing and monitoring required of PrEP patients. Some patients are comfortable using condoms and other HIV prevention methods, and providers should respect and affirm their decision. Read more
Implementing Opt-Out HIV Screening in Your Health Center Implementing Opt-Out HIV Screening in Your Health Center HITEQ Center Friday, November 20, 2020 0 20246 An outline of best practices and strategies HIV testing is one of the many ways we can End the HIV Epidemic. HITEQ's latest blogs offers strategies for leveraging your EHR to make HIV screening a breeze at your health center. Read more
State-level HIV-related Infographics State-level HIV-related Infographics HITEQ Center Monday, September 28, 2020 0 16393 Identifying opportunities for improvements in health centers These interactive infographics include HIV Indicators as well as information about underserved populations and patients who may be at increased risk of acquiring HIV, at the state level. Select your state in the upper right to get started. Read more
TelePrEP for Health Centers TelePrEP for Health Centers HITEQ Center Tuesday, June 30, 2020 0 12798 Telehealth Resources and Innovations for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), June 2020 This brief presents an overview of how health centers can utilize telehealth for PrEP access, or TelePrEP, for comprehensive care, and includes innovations and resources that health centers can utilize to extend these services to their patient populations. Read more
TelePrEP TelePrEP HITEQ Center Thursday, February 6, 2020 0 17125 Using telehealth to expand access to PrEP According to the Rural health Information Hub, the risk of contracting HIV can be greatly reduced through Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), but the medication must be taken every day and patients need follow-up appointments every 3 months. Some patients often don't have access to it due to stigma, distance from the nearest specialist, and a shortage of primary care providers willing to prescribe and monitor PrEP. Read more
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP), and Other HIV Prevention Strategies: Billing and Coding Guide Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP), and Other HIV Prevention Strategies: Billing and Coding Guide HITEQ Center Friday, December 13, 2019 0 15058 Developed by NASTAD, updated in 2023 The goal of this guide is to provide up-to-date information and best practices for coding, billing, and denial resolution for PrEP and PEP services. Health department staff are encouraged to share this resource with grantees, community partners, and other health care providers billing for HIV prevention services. Read more
Closing the PrEP Care Gap with TelePrEP Closing the PrEP Care Gap with TelePrEP Caitlin Tricomi 5/8/2024 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM 0 606 Training for Health Centers In this session, attendees learned from the HITEQ Center and Housing Works about the TelePrEP model. It also showcased the successes and challenges Housing Works faced with regards to their TelePrEP program. Read more
HITEQ Highlights: PrEP Process Mapping Team Toolkit Demonstration HITEQ Highlights: PrEP Process Mapping Team Toolkit Demonstration Jodie Albert 1/30/2024 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM 0 1488 HITEQ Highlights Webinar Is your health center currently in the process of implementing or revamping your pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) workflow? This HITEQ webinar taught participants how to use our PrEP Process Mapping Toolkit, which is designed to support team-based learning, reflection, and action on the use of process mapping as a tool to document PrEP clinical and EHR workflows. Your health center team can follow the steps outlined in the toolkit to develop a process map of an existing or planned PrEP... Read more
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