People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences With Telemedicine

Preserving routine primary care for people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) has been an important challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic. Telemedicine platforms have offered novel means through which care for these individuals may be maintained. Opt-In for Life is a unique mobile heal...

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Published in:Health promotion practice 2021-05, Vol.22 (3), p.298-299
Main Authors: Coppock, Dagan, Quimby, Christine, Nunez, Jonathan, Whitener, Cynthia, Zurlo, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 Spotlight
Disease management
Health care
Health care delivery
HIV
HIV Infections - diagnosis
HIV Infections - epidemiology
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Pandemics
Patient satisfaction
Primary care
SARS-CoV-2
Telemedicine
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Summary:Preserving routine primary care for people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) has been an important challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic. Telemedicine platforms have offered novel means through which care for these individuals may be maintained. Opt-In for Life is a unique mobile health application that contains telemedicine capabilities as well as other features designed specifically for the care of PLWH. Opt-In for Life was implemented early in the pandemic at Hershey Medical Center, although the center is now using a different telemedicine platform across its health care system. Institutional decisions regarding telemedicine platforms are complex. Opt-In for Life contains features that may improve the care of PLWH where telemedicine software alone may be limited.
ISSN:1524-8399
1552-6372
DOI:10.1177/15248399211001071