HIV retention in care: results and lessons learned from the Positive Pathways Implementation Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sustained, routine care is vital to the health of people with HIV (PWH) and decreasing transmission of HIV. We evaluated whether the identification of PWH at-risk of falling out of care and prompts for outreach were effective in retaining PWH in care in the United States.

Methods

In this cluster randomized controlled trial, 20 AIDS Healthcare Foundation Healthcare Centers (HCCs) were randomized to the intervention (n = 10) or control (n = 10) arm; all maintained existing retention efforts. The intervention included daily automated flags in CHORUS™, a mobile app and web-based reporting solution utilizing electronic health record data, that identified PWH at-risk of falling out of care to clinic staff. Among flagged PWH, the association between the intervention and

SUBMITTER: Wohlfeiler MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9685944 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature