Mobile technology intervention to improve care coordination between HIV and substance use treatment providers: development, training, and evaluation protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People living with HIV (PLWH) with a substance use disorder (SUD) tend to receive inadequate medical care in part because of a siloed healthcare system in which HIV and substance use services are delivered separately. Ideal treatment requires an interdisciplinary, team-based coordinated care approach, but many structural and systemic barriers impede the integration of HIV and SUD services. The current protocol describes the development and preliminary evaluation of a care coordination intervention (CCI), consisting of a tablet-based mobile platform for HIV and SUD treatment providers, an interagency communication protocol, and a training protocol. We hypothesize that HIV and SUD treatment providers will find the CCI to be acceptable, and that after receipt of the CCI, pr

SUBMITTER: Claborn K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5348772 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature