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Comment
. 2021 May;22(3):298-299.
doi: 10.1177/15248399211001071. Epub 2021 Mar 12.

People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences With Telemedicine

Dagan Coppock  1 , Christine Quimby  2 , Jonathan Nunez  2 , Cynthia Whitener  2 , John Zurlo  1
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People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences With Telemedicine

Dagan Coppock et al. Health Promot Pract. 2021 May.

Abstract

Preserving routine primary care for people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) has been an important challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic. Telemedicine platforms have offered novel means through which care for these individuals may be maintained. Opt-In for Life is a unique mobile health application that contains telemedicine capabilities as well as other features designed specifically for the care of PLWH. Opt-In for Life was implemented early in the pandemic at Hershey Medical Center, although the center is now using a different telemedicine platform across its health care system. Institutional decisions regarding telemedicine platforms are complex. Opt-In for Life contains features that may improve the care of PLWH where telemedicine software alone may be limited.

Keywords: COVID-19; HIV; coronavirus; mobile health primary care; telemedicine.

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