Treatment Resources
Review and download the latest HRSA core clinical performance measures for Ryan White Grantees
Group 3 measures represent areas of care that are considered "best practice," but may lack written clinical guidelines or rely on data that are difficult to collect. Each group of measures can be used by all programs funded by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program either at the provider or system level. Ryan White Grantees are encouraged to include the core clinical performance measures in their quality management plans.
HAB Performance Measures Group 3 Letter
HAB PM Group 1-3 Companion Guide final 041709
HAB PMs Group 3 final 041709
HIV for Professionals
A new online resource produced by Pfizer to provide comprehensive, up-to-date and reliable HIV/AIDS information to health care professionals.
www.HIVPro.com.
AETC National Resource Center
The AETC National Resource Center has a number of clinician-focused resources available www.aidsetc.org.
A Drug Therapy Resource for clinicians from the Xavier University College of Pharmacy Regional Performance Site
http://www.aidstreatment-tree.org/
The National HIV/AIDS Clinicians Consultation
Warmline
Free HIV Telephone Consultation Services for Providers 1-888-HIV-4911 (448-4911)
The Warmline (800-933-3413) is a free consultation service within the AETC Network for health care providers caring for HIV-infected patients and is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The Needlestick Hotline was developed in 1988 to provide immediate treatment to exposed health care workers at San Francisco General Hospital and has served as a model for similar programs elsewhere.
Health care workers are often exposed through occupational accidents to HIV or hepatitis and other blood borne diseases. Studies have found that prompt treatment after exposures can reduce the number of persons who actually become infected from these accidents. Now a new 24-hour emergency hotline for clinicians who need advice on treating patients who have suffered occupational exposures to blood has opened to help provide prompt and appropriate treatment. The free hotline is open seven days a week by calling 1-888-HIV-4911 (448-4911). This service is for health care providers only.
Additional Resources for Clinicians
- “A Guide to Home Care for the Person with AIDS.” A 31-page illustrated booklet with advice for both people with AIDS and their caregivers. Contact your local chapter of the American Red Cross, and ask for form #3295542.
- Free pamphlets such as “Preventing HIV/AIDS” (#D-712), “Caring for Someone with AIDS” (#D-498) and the new Surgeon General's Report on AIDS (#D-323). Call the National AIDS Clearinghouse at 1-800-458-5231.
- Spanish language hotline: 1-800-344-7432.
- TTY hotline for the hearing impaired: 1-800-243-7432.
- Project Inform: Treatment Information for diagnosed people: 1-800-822-7422.
- National Institute of Drug Abuse Hotline: 1-800-662-HELP
- Information on pastoral counseling and support services: The AIDS National Interfaith Network: 1-800-288-9619.
- Family HIV/AIDS Support Helpline operated by Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. Information on local groups: (202) 638-4200.