Ryan White 2012 Grantee Meeting

The DC HIV Medical Case Management (MCM) guidelines standardize the linkage of treatment indicators and client health outcomes to acuity assessment and comprehensive case management activities. Tools developed stressed the importance of viral load suppression for clients on antiretroviral treatment. Medical case managers track CD4 and viral load and ensure that clients are engaged in medical care. Medical case managers without clinical background are empowered to ensure positive clinical outcome for clients. Many tools developed ensure consistency in service provision. The active community involvement created a sense of ownership that facilitates adoption of new tools. Any program implementing medical case management or treatment adherence in any setting regardless of the funding stream will benefit from this workshop. This is a panel discussion, giving the speakers opportunity to share various aspects of the critical components while allowing ample time for discussions, and answer questions from the participants.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will: -Understand the fundamentals of a quality medical case management program
• Participants will Understand the important relationship between the use of newly developed client assessment tools and the achievement of positive health outcomes and outcomes of evaluations will be shared. Participants will be able to learn hands on techniques with using developed tools.
• Participants will recognize the critical role of medical case managers in helping clients achieve viral load suppression and the necessity of a “SMART” approach to developing a client-centered service plan that incorporates treatment adherence techniques.