blog.aids.gov − A new pilot helps battle hepatitis C with health IT and telemedicine

blog.aids.gov − A new pilot helps battle hepatitis C with health IT and telemedicine

AIDS.gov Blog Update

U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services sent this bulletin at 07/01/2014 05:10 PM EDT

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Lessons Learned from the AIDS.gov New Media Coordinator

07/01/2014 05:08 PM EDT

When I joined the AIDS.gov team in June 2010, there was no National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States. We had a MySpace account. And there was no Instagram. Things sure have changed a little in the past four years! In my role as New Media Coordinator, I’ve composed, drafted, designed, strategized, measured, engaged, evaluated, written, and trained....

A new pilot helps battle hepatitis C with health IT and telemedicine

07/01/2014 04:18 PM EDT

Amy Helwig, MD, MS

John W. Ward, MD

Health IT and telemedicine are important tools to help early diagnosis and treatment of a growing problem in the U.S. – hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched a new pilot program to help use telemedicine to fight HCV, develop new treatment tools, and get them in the...