Letters to the Editor

Success of Supplementing National HIV Testing Recommendations With a Local Initiative in a Large Health Care System in the U.S. South

Arya, Monisha MD, MPH^a; Marren, Rachel Eileen MPH^b; Marek, Haley Gilbertson BS^c; Pasalar, Siavash PhD^d,e; Hemmige, Vagish MD, MS^c,f; Giordano, Thomas P. MD, MPH^a

Author Information

^aBaylor College of Medicine, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX

^bSchool of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

^cBaylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

^dHarris Health System, Houston, TX

^eCurrently Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle WA

^fCurrently Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

The HIV-related work was supported in part by the National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number K23MH094235 (Principal Investigator: Arya). This work was also supported in part by the Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (#CIN 13-413) of the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston. The Harris Health RUSH program was supported by the Gilead HIV Focus Program, Texas Dept of State Health Services (2011-0351783, D-11-00102), and the CDC (PS07-768, PS10-10138, PS12-1201, PS07-768, PS10-1001, PS04-012).

Presented at National Summit on HCV and HIV Diagnosis, Prevention, and Access to Care; June 4-6, 2015; Arlington, VA.

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 83(2):p e6-e9, February 1, 2020. | DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002222