Evaluation of virologic suppression rates during the COVID‐19 pandemic with outpatient interdisciplinary HIV care

Introduction The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has presented social distancing challenges leading healthcare systems to adapt and utilize telemedicine platforms more than ever before. Reducing patient exposure to COVID‐19 became a primary concern, especially for populations at an incr...

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Veröffentlicht in:JAACP : Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy 2021-08, Vol.4 (8), p.964-968
Hauptverfasser: Sorbera, Maria, Fischetti, Briann, Khaimova, Rebecca, Niewinski, Mateusz, Wen, Kelly
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has presented social distancing challenges leading healthcare systems to adapt and utilize telemedicine platforms more than ever before. Reducing patient exposure to COVID‐19 became a primary concern, especially for populations at an increased risk for severe illness, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients. Objectives The primary objective of this study was to measure the impact of pharmacy services including telehealth through the percentage of virologically suppressed patients (HIV ribonucleic acid [RNA] 
ISSN:2574-9870
2574-9870
DOI:10.1002/jac5.1422