Leveraging the electronic health record to eliminate hepatitis C: Screening in a large integrated healthcare system.

ABSTRACT: Highly efficacious and tolerable treatments that cure hepatitis C viral (HCV) infection exist today, increasing the feasibility of disease elimination. However, large healthcare systems may not be fully prepared for supporting recommended actions due to knowledge gaps, inadequate infrastructure and uninformed policy direction. Additionally, the HCV cascade of care is complex, with many embedded barriers, and a significant number of patients do not progress through the cascade and are thus not cured. The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to evaluate a large healthcare system's HCV screening rates, linkage to care efficiency, and provider testing preferences. Patients born during 1945-1965, not previously HCV positive or tested from within the Electronic Health Record (EHR), were id

SUBMITTER: Geboy AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6532960 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature