Overcoming Challenges in HIV and HCV Testing and Linkage to Care

Overcoming Challenges in HIV and HCV Testing and Linkage to Care is organized by CME Outfitters, LLC.

Premiere Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Credit Expiration Date: Thursday, December 31, 2020

This activity offers CE credit for:
•  Physicians (CME)
•  Nurses (CNE)
•  Pharmacists (ACPE)
•  ABIM (MOC)
•  Other

Credit Information:
CME Credit (Physicians):
CME Outfitters, LLC, designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CPE Credit (Pharmacists):
ACPE CME Outfitters, LLC, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. 0.5 contact hours (0.05 CEUs) Universal Activity Number:
Enduring: 0376-0000-19-061-H01-P

ABIM/MOC Credit:
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.5 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Statement of Need:
The U.S. opioid crisis has fueled injection drug use (IDU), causing a dramatic increase in hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections, with IDU accounting for one in 10 new HIV infections. While effective treatment options for HIV and HCV are available, barriers within OUD populations, such as high-risk behaviors, make testing and treatment difficult, but routine and repeated HIV and HCV testing should be offered to patients with OUD, with point-of-care testing being key to improving care and reducing forward transmission of HIV and hepatitis C.

Part One of this CME Outfitters BriefCase, a case-based faculty interview, examines a real-world case highlighting strategies for testing at-risk patients for HIV and HCV, including OUD populations. Further, faculty will discuss how to interpret lab results and the appropriate steps to take for this patient population.

Learning Objectives:
At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to:
• Implement strategies to improve HIV and HCV testing in at-risk patients including injection drug users.
The following learning objectives pertain only to those requesting CPE credit:
• Describe strategies to improve HV testing in at-risk patients including injection drug users.