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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Coppock, Dagan, Quimby, Christine, Nunez, Jonathan, Whitener, Cynthia, Zurlo, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
Materias:
COVID-19 Spotlight
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7957334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33709807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15248399211001071
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Sumario: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.

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