Enabling a Learning Public Health System: Enhanced Surveillance of HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections.

ABSTRACT: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to pose a substantial public health challenge in the United States (US). Surveillance, a cornerstone of disease control and prevention, can be strengthened to promote more timely, efficient, and equitable practices by incorporating health information exchange (HIE) and other large-scale health data sources into reporting. New York City patient-level electronic health record data between January 1, 2018 and June 30, 2023 were obtained from Healthix, the largest US public HIE. Healthix data were linked to neighborhood-level information from the American Community Survey. In this cross-sectional study, we compared patients who received a test or tested positive for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and/or HIV with patients who were untested or tested negati

SUBMITTER: Nieva HR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11030475 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature