Provider Adherence to Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Monitoring Guidelines in a Large Primary Care Network | Zendy

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Provider Adherence to Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Monitoring Guidelines in a Large Primary Care Network

Author(s) -

Matthew A. Spinelli,

Hyman Scott,

Eric Vittinghoff,

Albert Liu,

Alicia Morehead-Gee,

Rafael Gonzalez,

Susan Buchbinder

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofy099

Subject(s) - medicine , pre exposure prophylaxis , primary care , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , intensive care medicine , preventive care , men who have sex with men , family medicine , health care , syphilis , economics , economic growth

Insufficient pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) laboratory monitoring could increase HIV resistance and sexually transmitted infections. We examined test-ordering in a primary care network. Providers did not order HIV testing before almost one-quarter of PrEP initiations; panel management was associated with higher testing. Effective monitoring is needed to maximize PrEP's preventive impact.

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