PHICAS
The Piedmont HIV Integrated Community Access System (PHICAS) was begun in 2004 through a grant from the Healthy Communities Access Program (HCAP) of the US Health Resources Services Administration (contract G92CS02237-02-02) to increase access to care for people living with the co-morbidities of HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) infections and increasing prevention and screening services for people at risk of either of these infections in six counties surrounding Durham, North Carolina. The six counties are Durham, Person, Granville, Franklin, Vance and Warren. Funding for PHICAS extended through June 2007.
PHICAS' five core components included:
- Clinical education and training,
- Community-based education and training,
- Identification of systemic barriers such as housing, transportation, emergency supports, lack of health care services,
- Providing service coordination and case management for HIV+, HCV+ and co-infected individuals,
- Implementing a consortium-wide integrated data management system using Provide®.
Key partners within the PHICAS network are Duke University Center for Health Policy's Health Inequalities Program (HIP), the Ryan White Title III Early Intervention Clinic of the Lincoln Community Health Center, the Durham County Health Department, Duke University Medical Center's Infectious Diseases Clinic, Duke University's Partners In Caring, and the Duke Addictions Program.
