Open AccessUsing an electronic health record alert to prompt blood-borne virus testing in primary care
Author(s) -
David Chadwick,
Gareth Forbes,
Christopher Lawrence,
Susan Lorrimer,
Paul van Schaik
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0000000000002935
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatitis c , hepatitis c virus , electronic health record , primary care , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , cohort , electronic medical record , prospective cohort study , family medicine , hepatitis b virus , emergency medicine , health care , virus , immunology , economics , economic growth
Late diagnosis of HIV, hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) remains relatively common in the UK and many people who present late have missed opportunities for testing in primary care. The objective was to assess the effectiveness and acceptance of a prototype application (BBV_TP1), embedded in a primary care electronic health record (EHR), to increase real-time blood-borne virus (BBV) testing.