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## Background Despite increased efforts to promote HIV screening, a large proportion of the US population have never been tested for HIV. ## Objective To determine whether provider education and personalised HIV screening report cards can increase HIV screening rates within a large integrated healthcare system. ## Design This quality improvement study provided a cohort of primary care physicians (PCPs) a brief educational intervention and personalised HIV screening report cards with quarterly performance data. ## Participants Participants included a volunteer cohort of 20 PCPs in the department of adult and family medicine. ## Main measures Per cent of empaneled patients screened for HIV by cohort PCPs compared with PCPs at the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center (KPOAK) and the non-Oakland Medical Centers in Northern California region (Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC)). ## Key results Of the 20 participating PCPs, 13 were female and 7 were male. Thirteen were internal medicine and seven family medicine physicians. The average age was 40 years and average practice experience was 9 years after residency. During the 12-month intervention, the estimated increase in HI

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Author

Mitchell N Luu; Paul Y Wada; Tory Levine-Hall; Leo Hurley; Nirmala Ramalingam; H Nicole Tran; Sally B Slome

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Health Professions (Health Sciences)