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OCTOBER 25, 2024

SP Pharmacist–Led ED Program Boosts Hepatitis C Treatment


Originally published by our sister publication Specialty Pharmacy Continuum

By Gina Shaw
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Lindsey P. Sheehan, PharmD

An emergency department (ED)-focused, specialty pharmacist–led program for management of hepatitis C virus (HCV) at the University of Kentucky (UK) achieved more than a sixfold increase in direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment uptake and avoided time-to-treatment delays that sometimes exceeded one year prior to the program’s launch, leaders of the initiative reported