Case Management/Care Coordination
Case Management/Care Coordination
Our Care Coordination team provides an expanded form of HIV medical case management, including:
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Ensuring that people living with HIV infection are linked to care in a timely manner.
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Developing individual patient-centered care plan that emphasizes continuous adherence to care and antiretroviral treatment.
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Assisting patients in obtaining needed social services, including accompanying patients to appointments if necessary, and maintaining patients in care via navigation of medical and social services.
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Using care coordinators to assist patients with accessing HIV care, communicating with providers, and finding needed resources.
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Coaching (a form of active health promotion and counseling) patients to become self-sufficient so that they can manage their medical and social needs autonomously.