TelePrEP for Health Centers
Telehealth Resources and Innovations for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), June 2020
Year Developed: 2020
Resource Type: Publication.Primary Audience: PCAs
Secondary Audience: Administrative Staff
Language(s): English
Developed by: HITEQ (See other resources developed by this organization).
Resource Summary: Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, has long been recognized as an effective treatment in the effort to end the HIV epidemic. Prescribing PrEP should be considered as part comprehensive prevention plan that includes a discussion about adherence to PrEP, condom use, other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and other risk reduction methods. This HITEQ brief presents an overview of how health centers can utilize telehealth for PrEP access, or TelePrEP, for comprehensive care, and includes innovations and resources that health centers can utilize to extend these services to their patient populations.
Resource Topic: Clinical Issues, Health Information Technology (HIT)/Data, Promising/Best Practices, Telehealth
Resource Subtopic: HIV/AIDS, Telehealth Patient Engagement, Clinical Delivery , Access and Equity , Operational Feasibility, Implementation Feasibility.
Keywords: Policies and Procedures, Prevention, Screening, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs).This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $6,625,000 with 0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.