Open AccessPharmacy Data as an Alternative Data Source for Implementation of a Data to Care Strategy
Author(s) -
Kathy K. Byrd,
Nasima M Camp,
Kashif Iqbal,
Paul J. Weidle
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000001969
Subject(s) - pharmacy , medicine , medical prescription , health care , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , tracking (education) , medical emergency , pharmaceutical care , family medicine , nursing , psychology , pedagogy , economics , economic growth
Data to Care (D2C) is a strategy for using health departments' HIV surveillance data (HIV viral load and CD4 laboratory reports) to identify and re-engage not-in-care persons with HIV. In the current D2C model, there is a delay in the identification of persons not in care due to the time interval between recommended monitoring tests (ie, every 3-6 months) and the subsequent reporting of these tests to the health department.