More than Just Buying a Van: Lessons Learned from a Mobile Telehealth HCV Testing and Treatment Study

Autor: Elyse Bianchet, David de Gijsel, Lizbeth M. Del Toro-Mejias, Thomas J. Stopka, Randall A. Hoskinson, Patrick Dowd, Peter D. Friedmann
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Viruses, Vol 16, Iss 9, p 1388 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 16091388
1999-4915
DOI: 10.3390/v16091388
Popis: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) disproportionately affects people who inject drugs (PWID). Although HCV has become universally curable since the arrival of direct-acting antivirals, barriers exist to facilitating care and cure in this historically hard-to-reach population, including limited testing and healthcare services and healthcare stigma, issues that are compounded in rural areas. Telehealth is effective in increasing access to HCV care and cure, but innovative approaches of testing and care are required to fully address the need among rural PWID, which led to our study examining a mobile telehealth model for treating HCV. In this commentary, we discuss lessons learned delivering telehealth on a mobile unit, important factors for consideration when designing a mobile intervention, and we suggest an ideal model to increase access to HCV testing and treatment and other services for rural PWID.
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