Engaging Physicians and Systems to Improve Hepatitis C Virus Testing in Baby Boomers.

ABSTRACT: Approximately three million people in the United States have been exposed to the hepatitis C virus (HCV), with two-thirds of these having chronic HCV infection. Baby boomers (those born 1945-1965) have nearly five times the prevalence of HCV infection compared with other age groups. Despite clinical practice guidelines that recommend HCV testing in baby boomers, the testing rates remain low. We developed and tested a multilevel intervention to increase orders for HCV testing that included integrated clinical decision support within the electronic health record (EHR) and a physician education session to improve HCV physician knowledge in one Florida academic health system. In the year prior to the intervention, test order rates for encounters with baby boomers was 11.9%. During the interven

SUBMITTER: Vadaparampil ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9858629 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature