Reactive Adherence Counseling (Haiti)
I-Tech, Haiti (April 2021)
Countries:
Haiti

Intervention Description
Introduces predictive analytics to improve HIV clinical management. It pairs improvements to a routine data system with theory-based behavior change interventions for patients and health care workers.
Presenter: Nancy Puttkammer, I-TECH
Intervention Details
Data Elements
路 Appointment Date (history)
路 Visit Date
路 Proportion of days covered based on dispensing (changed with COVID)
路 Sex
路 Age
路 Marital status
路 Time from HIV diagnosis to enrollment in HIV care and treatment
路 Time from HIV diagnosis to ART initiation
路 Baseline CD4 count
路 Body mass index
路 World Health Organization (WHO) stage of HIV disease progression ART regime.
Evidence
Puttkammer N, Simoni JM, Sandifer T, et al. An EMR-Based Alert with Brief Provider-Led ART Adherence Counseling: Promising Results of the InfoPlus Adherence Pilot Study Among Haitian Adults with HIV Initiating ART. AIDS Behav 2020. PMID: 32715409
Technology Requirements / Interoperability
Can work in EHR
Interest in exchange of risk information with community health worker tool/app
Calculations / Algorithms
Risk level using data elements at left
Factors to Scale
Need to implement within OpenMRS-based EMR
Prediction model needs refreshing as conditions change (multi-month dispensing)
Implementation Considerations
Most helpful when using EHR at the point-of-care
Will need to be re-implemented with OpenMRS rollout
Threshold of data quality needed (being investigated)
Prediction models are being revisited using machine learning (super learner models) with additional data elements.
Governance Considerations
Complexity of implementing a clinical decision support prediction model needs to be weighed against the benefit of added sensitivity and specificity gained (is it worth it)
Need governance (what sensitivity and specificity of prediction is adequate; whether it鈥檚 suitable to implement in all facilities using EMR or only sites with sufficient data quality)
Need actionable clinical and psychosocial support for those determined to be at high risk
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