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This document outlines the latest updates from the Viral Load Suppression Project. Key activities include a monthly review of viral load suppression data during Quality Improvement committee meetings, a comparative analysis of total patient populations versus those on ARVs, and an investigation into trends among special populations such as youth and women. Findings indicate lower suppression rates in youth and minority women. A newly established Pharmacist Clinic is aimed at providing intensive adherence counseling for unsuppressed patients, enhancing retention efforts through the NC LINK initiative.
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Viral Load Suppression Project Updates • Interventions/Updates Thus Far: • Monthly review of viral load suppression data at QI committee meetings • Review of total patient population data compared to population just on ARVs • Reviewing subsets of special populations (youth, women) to identify specific trends • Findings include lower rates of suppression in youth and minority women • Newly implemented Pharmacist Clinic (July 2013), secured Clinical Pharmacy Practitioner licenses • Goal: Use new pharmacy clinic to deliver intensive Tx adherence counseling services to chronically unsuppressed patients and provide more intensive counseling for new ARV starts • Also working on bridging retention efforts through NC LINK with viral load suppression project data reviews to identify most vulnerable out of care patients who are virally unsuppressed