Medical Economics December 6, 2023
Richard Payerchin

National Institutes of Health announce program as potential model for future care.

A federal program aims to treat patients staying home due to influenza and COVID-19.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has expanded the Home Test to Treat Program “an entirely virtual community health program” with free at-home rapid tests, telehealth sessions, and treatments.

NIH announced it as “the first public health program that includes home testing technology at such a scale for both COVID-19 and flu.”

The program is a collaboration among NIH, its National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, and the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) Tech program; the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response; and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It launched as...

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