Qualitative analysis
liver diseases, hepatitis C
VIRUS, LIVER DISEASES, HEPATITIS C
We used hermeneutic phenomenology to understand human situations as they were experienced within a context of time, place, and situational influences, such as obtaining an HCV cure through telemedicine integrated into an OTP.Interpretation of themes was revealed through experiences, as captured through the participant interviews. All individual interview transcripts served as the data for interpretation. The analysis team included the study's principal investigator (i.e., a physician‐scientist liver diseases expert), a professor of nursing who is an expert in hermeneutic qualitative analysis, and the project manager. The hermeneutics expert guided the analysis. The team interpreted the texts in a reflective process that followed iterative stepsInterpretation of transcripts of participants experiencing facilitated telemedicine for hepatitis C virus treatment. The figure illustrates the hermeneutic phenomenological approach utilized to understand and code the meanings of hepatitis C virus treatment integrated into an opioid treatment programme.