Illinois Prisons Test HIV Telemedicine

Kudos to the Illinois Department of Corrections for trying a new HIV and hepatitis treatment system!  AIDSConnect looks forward to learning more about this project. Read all about it.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 27, 2010
   
Interagency Agreement between IDOC & UIC Will Treat Medical Issues
“Pilot Program has Successful Launch in Treatment of HIV and Hepatitis C.”
   

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Corrections and University of Illinois at Chicago are partnering on a new Telemedicine Pilot Program designed to bring elaborate and sophisticated healthcare to inmates with HIV and Hepatitis C.  This interagency pilot program successfully rolled out at three sites: Danville, Lincoln and Robinson Correctional Centers.

Three more prisons in the system will be piloting this program and the hope is to add three prisons each month until all of the facilities are using this technology to treat inmates with HIV and Hepatitis C.  According to IDOC Medical Director Dr. Louis Shicker, “The program allows for specialty care of complex medical issues at remote locations.  Each facility will have equipment installed and UIC will have a designated area where the physician can do their assessments.”

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