Medical Economics December 6, 2023
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...