Project Achievements: John Hopkins University School of Medicine

HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau's Special Projects of National Significance [1994 - 1999]:

John Hopkins University School of Medicine

Completed by: John Bartlett, M.D.
Last Updated: May 1999

Achievement 1: Initiated a managed care program for HIV infected persons with analysis of outcomes and cost.

Key Elements for
Success:

Resources for analyses.

Factors that Limited
Success:

Complexity of issues.

Factors that Ensured
Success:

Necessity.

Achievement 2: Experience in HIV managed care.
Key Elements for Success: Mandatory in Maryland.	Factors that Limited Success: Difficulty with transition.	Factors that Ensured Success: Need to do it to survive.

*Achievement 3:* Initiated network of HIV managed care programs.
Key Elements for Success: Relevance/need.	Factors that Limited Success: Reluctance of colleagues to learn managed care.	Factors that Ensured Success: Need or success.

*Achievement 4:* Teaching/training of managed care – lectures, publications, website, conference.
Key Elements for Success: HRSA collaborations.	Factors that Limited Success: Time.	Factors that Ensured Success: Relevance.