Completing the HIV Quality Measures (HIVQM) Module: 2019 Features
Review of features of the 2019 HIVQM Module that support RWHAP recipients and their subrecipients as they conduct assessments of their services.
Resource updated 04/10/2023
Review of features of the 2019 HIVQM Module that support RWHAP recipients and their subrecipients as they conduct assessments of their services.
Resource updated 04/10/2023
RWHAP Technical Assistance Provider updated on 03/05/2024
Update to the Unmet Need Methodology for RWHAP Part A and B recipients.
Resource updated 09/19/2023
Excel files for calculating unmet need estimates.
Resource updated 09/19/2023
This infographic provides a high-level workflow for RWHAP recipients completing the required and enhanced and Unmet Need Estimates and Analyses.
Resource updated 09/19/2023
Answers to common questions about Estimating Unmet Need. These FAQs have been generated in response to questions from RWHAP recipients who attended webinars and/or received TA on Estimating Unmet Need.
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Rapid has developed into a core feature of the Dorothy Mann Center HIV care continuum, assuring immediate linkage to expert HIV services, immediate initiation of therapy, and rapid viral suppression. Benefits are present for youth prevention services. Rapid access models are feasible and beneficial for youth HIV care and prevention.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Linkage Navigation Program provides an immediate connection to same-day medical care and medical case management services, promoting timely linkage to care and services, and tailored individualized care operationalizing initiatives such as Test N Treat and Test N PrEP with positive health outcomes for Ryan White clients.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Successes and lessons learned will be shared from three metropolitan areas on incorporating STI testing and treatment for prevention clients within an HIV medical home setting, along with how offering STI treatment impacts early identification service outcomes (e.g., HIV positivity rates, linkage to care referrals, and the rapid start of HIV treatment).
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
A clinic-based substance abuse screening and treatment program is described. Using the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment model, this provides annual proactive screening of alcohol/drug use, with a brief provider response and a follow-up motivational interviewing brief intervention, with treatment provided by an embedded provider.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Oklahoma has been classified by the Department of Health and Human Services as one of the seven states with a high rural HIV burden. Test-and-treat protocols are feasible within high-volume HIV clinics which serve rural and underserved communities to minimize the time to the first appointment to decrease time to viral load suppression.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This session will share how three health departments created and cultivated a partnership that resulted in changes to Part A services administration and provision in the Washington, D.C., EMA.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This presentation will discuss the rapid antiretroviral treatment (ART) programs implemented at the University Health System in the San Antonio metropolitan area and the Baltimore City Health Department clinics, as well as preliminary results post-implementation, lessons learned, and plans for future quality improvement in both programs.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
This presentation offers insights from a successful quality improvement (QI) project to improve three-day linkage to care in a large urban federally qualified health center (FQHC) network. Attendees will learn concrete strategies to improve linkage to care, including changes to policy and workflow, as well as new approaches to using data for QI.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023
Rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) after diagnosis can increase the number of patients arriving for appointments, shorten time to viral suppression, and promote health equity. The presenters share key lessons learned through the implementation process at a large HIV clinic in the South with the theme of partnerships.
Resource (Conference Presentation) updated 09/14/2023