Increasing HIV Testing During Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Evaluations in Urgent Care and Emergency Departments: A Large Health System Initiative
HIV GC/CT co-testing increased in UC and ED during our intervention, leading to new HIV diagnoses and linkage to care. Integrating HIV co-testing into GC/CT testing encounters improved HIV screening practices in our large health system.
Authors
- Joseph R. Bledsoe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-2878)
- Nora F. Fino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6209-1740)
- Whitney R. Buckel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9505-2572)
- Bert K. Lopansri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7449-5398)
- Michelle Matheu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1757-457X)
- Park W. Willis
- Caroline Vines
- Anthony Wallin
- Vanessa Wormser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3729-9280)
- Adam Balls
- Allan Seibert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8142-3405)
- Edward Stenehjem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6065-9964)
- James L. Hellewell
- Brandon Webb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1799-3315)
- A. Gutierrez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8744-627X)
- Valoree Stanfield
- Payal Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8666-7313)
- Adam L. Hersh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0148-046X)
- Allison Butler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1388-1612)
- Randall J. Smout
- Tamara D Moores Todd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9559-8752)
- Matt Gwiazdon
Institutions
- Intermountain Healthcare (US)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- LDS Hospital (US)
- Intermountain Medical Center (US)
- Utah Department of Health (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-08-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaf434
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00