Aids Service Association Of Pinellas Inc

The ryan white part a program includes medical case management and mental health counseling. The program links epic clients to community services designed to provide improved health and enhance quality of life. Clients enrolled in this program must participate in primary care and disease management. Epic clients achieved a 98 percent success rate with these requirements, which resulted in slowing disease progression and accounts for lower chance of opportunistic infections, which are detrimental to those with compromised immune systems. Further, it means fewer visits to emergency rooms, lower general medical care costs (including prescriptions), and reduced mental health issues, resulting in better overall wellness. Ryan white part a medical case management served 1,335 unduplicated clients over the past year and part a mental health counseling served 54 unduplicated clients over the past year.

The ryan white part b program includes medical case management, non-medical case management programs, along with local pharmacy services to provide both emergency hiv medications (6 unduplicated clients) and non-hiv medications (136 unduplicated clients). This program is a "wrap around" of the state of florida aids drug assistance program (adap) and is used to prevent a lapse in treatment. The program links epic clients to community services designed to provide improved health and enhance quality of life. Clients enrolled in this program must participate in primary care and disease management. Epic clients achieved a 97 percent success rate with these requirements, which resulted in slowing disease progression and accounts for lower chance of opportunistic infections, which are detrimental to those with compromised immune systems. Further, it means fewer visits to emergency rooms, lower general medical care costs (including prescriptions), and reduced mental health issues, resulting in better overall wellness. Medical case management served 1,314 unduplicated clients over the past year and ryan white part b non-medical case management served 487 unduplicated clients over the past year.