By using an educational and EHR intervention, Intermountain Health significantly increased HIV co-testing for patient encounters involving testing for gonorrhea and/or chlamydia (GC/CT) in urgent care (UC) and emergency departments (ED). Urgent care HIV co-testing increased from 29% in the preintervention period to 39% during the 24-month intervention—from April 2023 through March 2024. Also, ED co-testing rates increased from 12% to 25% during the intervention as well. The analysis of 18,783 encounters published in Clinical …
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