ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Staff-Facilitated Telemedicine Care Delivery for Treatment of Hepatitis C Infection among People Who Inject Drugs.
Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03987503 (The No One Waits Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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The trial behind it
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The No One Waits Study: Acceptability and Feasibility of Community-based Point-of-diagnosis HCV Treatment Study
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.
- Rural community peer partnerships for improving methamphetamine -associated heart failure screening and engagement in cardiology care (PEER-Heart): Study protocol.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2026Article
- Long-Term Benefits Following Hepatitis C Cure Through Facilitated Telemedicine; Experiences of People With Opioid use Disorder Five Years After Achieving a Sustained Virological Response.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Facilitated Telemedicine as a Patient-Centered, Sociotechnical Intervention to Integrate Hepatitis C Treatment Into Opioid Treatment Programs and Overcome the Digital Divide Among Underserved Populations: Qualitative Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Article
- More than Just Buying a Van: Lessons Learned from a Mobile Telehealth HCV Testing and Treatment Study.Viruses · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundTelemedicine offers the opportunity to provide clinical services remotely, thereby bridging geographic distances for people engaged in the medical system. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the widespread adoption of telemedicine in clinical practices has persisted, highlighting its continued relevance for post-pandemic healthcare. Little is known about telemedicine use among people from socially marginalized groups.
methodsThe No One Waits (NOW) Study is a single-arm clinical trial measuring the acceptability, feasibility, and safety of an urban point-of-diagnosis hepatitis C (HCV) treatment initiation model delivered in a non-clinical community setting. Participants enrolled in the NOW Study are recruited via street outreach targeting people experiencing homelessness and injecting drugs. Throughout the NOW Study, clinical care is delivered through a novel staff-facilitated telemedicine model that not only addresses geographic and transportation barriers, but also technology and medical mistrust, barriers often unique to this population. While clinicians provide high-quality specialty practice-based care via telemedicine, on-site staff provide technical support, aid in communication and rapport, and review the clinicians' instructions and next steps with participants following the visits. Research questionnaires collect information on participants' experience with and perceptions of telemedicine (a) prior to treatment initiation and (b) at treatment completion. DISCUSSION: For people from socially marginalized groups with HCV infection, creative person-centered care approaches are necessary to diagnose, treat, and cure HCV. Although non-clinical, community-based staff-facilitated telemedicine requires additional resources compared to standard-of-care telemedicine, it could expand the reach and offer a valuable entrance into technology-delivered care for socially marginalized groups.
trial registrationNCT03987503.
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