Among urban and rural veteran populations in Texas, decision support improved hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening among birth cohort patients and significantly improved the rate of sustained virologic responses (SVR) achievement, a recent study found. Researchers sought to increase monthly HCV screening, diagnoses, and SVR among 88,652 unscreened birth cohort veterans in Texas. The interventions were enabled within 6 of the 8 healthcare systems (HCSs) that compose Veteran’s Integrated Service Network 17. The remaining 2 HCSs served as controls. The HCSs were separated into 2 groups: urban and rural. Among the findings:

• Monthly screening increased 4.89 times and 2.97 times during the postinterventional period relative to control for urban and rural HCSs, respectively.
• Increased screening boosted the monthly number of diagnoses in the urban HCSs, but not in the rural HCSs.
• These interventions significantly improved the rate of SVR achievement relative to control.