Opioid treatment program-integrated facilitated telemedicine for hepatitis C treatment: a hybrid effectiveness-implementation analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hybrid effectiveness-implementation designs evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of interventions. We retrospectively evaluated the implementation of a stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial of a facilitated telemedicine model (experimental) integrated into opioid treatment programs (OTPs) compared to offsite referral (control) for hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment. The trial period was March 2017-October 2022. We compared organizational and implementation characteristics associated with an HCV cure and with high satisfaction with healthcare delivery.

Methods

We used the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework to guide data collection and evaluation. We evaluated the clinical effectiveness outcome (HCV cur

SUBMITTER: Talal AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12522442 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature