General Information

• Choosing an HIV Care Provider (AIDS InfoNet) and Spanish version
• Building a Patient/Doctor Relationship (Project Inform) and Spanish version
• Medical Appointments (AIDS InfoNet) and Spanish version
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before Starting Treatment (AIDSmap)
• Be an Active Member of Your Health Care Team (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

Selected Recent Articles

• Nurses Are Primary HIV Care Providers, But Go Unrecognized and Unsupported.  (August 2016, TheBodyPro)
• Demand for new HIV providers will outstrip supply by 2019.  (July 2016, Healio)
• Doctors Aren’t Testing Young Men for HIV Often Enough.  (July 2016, Poz); related coverage from Healio
• Telementoring program improves HIV practitioners’ confidence, knowledge.  (July 2016, Healio)
• “Serostatus Matters” Teaches Primary Care Docs About HIV Testing.  (June 2016, Poz)
• Missed opportunities for HIV testing during routine doctor visits, BRFSS, 2011-2013. (February 2016, CDC); related coverage from Healio
• Setting a benchmark for HIV testing at visits to U.S. physician offices by men aged 18-39 years. (February 2016, CDC); related coverage from Healio
• Preventing HIV Clinician Burnout: Working With a Strong Team and Staying on Top of Research.  (January 2016, TheBodyPro)
• Increasing Viral Hepatitis Awareness and Capacity among Nurses in AIDS Care.  (December 2015, Hepmag)
• Discussing HIV Stigma and Criminalization with Newly Diagnosed Patients.  (December 2015, TheBodyPro)
• Many more people could benefit from HIV PrEP but not enough doctors are aware, says CDC.  (December 2015, AIDSmap)
• Patients of non-specialist HIV physicians often have poor ART outcomes and frequently receive sub-optimal care.  (November 2015, AIDSmap)
• Priorities for HIV care: the perspectives of healthcare providers and patients.  (November 2015, AIDSmap)
• More Infectious Disease Docs Are Prescribing PrEP.  (October 2015, Poz)
• TeleHealth Empowers Rural Clinicians to Treat HIV, HCV Locally.  (October 2015, TheBodyPro)
• U.S. HIV physicians routinely offering early ART but only a third have prescribed PrEP.  (October 2015, AIDSmap)
• Experience Is Vital When Family Docs Treat HIV.  (October 2015, Poz)
• Ask a Pharmacist: Weighing Weight Loss Options for People with HIV.  (September 2015, Beta Blog)
• How Should Providers Incorporate PrEP Into Busy Clinical Practices?  (April 2015, TheBodyPro)
• A Near-Failing Science Grade for the Non-Medical HIV Workforce.  (March 2015, Poz)
• Doctors Are Long-Term Survivors Who Also Suffered.  (January-February 2015, Positively Aware)
• What Do HIV Clinicians Tell Their Patients About Prevention?  (November 2014, TheBodyPro)
• Asking About Sexual History More Likely to Get HIV-Positive Patients Tested for Syphilis.  (November 2014, TheBodyPro)
• What Kind of Doctor Should You See For Hepatitis C Treatment?  (September 2014, Poz)
• Take Two Pills and Call Your Pharmacist in the Morning.  (January/February 2014, Positively Aware)
• HIV Positive With Low CD4s? Keeping Appointments Is Vital.  (January 2014, Poz)
• Regular clinic attendance especially beneficial for people with HIV who have low CD4 counts.  (January 2014, AIDSmap)
• Widespread support for HIV PrEP among infectious disease doctors in the US and Canada.  (December 2013, AIDSmap)
• Getting Started with Your HIV Care: Important Things to Know for the First Few Doctor Visits.  (September/October2013, Positively Aware.
• Missing Appointments Post-HIV Diagnosis Raises Risk of Death.  (August 2013, Poz)
• A Guide for Transitioning Teens Into Adult HIV Care.  (July 2013, Poz)
• People With HIV Stay in Care if Doctors Appear to Care.  (May 2013, Poz)
• People more likely to keep HIV clinic appointments if they believe their care providers know them as a person.  (May 2013, AIDSmap)
• Training for GPs can increase HIV testing rate.  (April 2013, AIDSmap)
• UK healthcare workers need better information and guidance on HIV criminalisation.  (March 2013, AIDSmap)
• Minorities With HIV Fare Better With Culturally Competent Doctors.  (February 2013, Poz)
• Take two apps and call me in the morning.  (January/February 2013, Positively Aware)
• Electronic Reminders to HIV Providers Improve Patient Outcomes.  (December 2012, Poz)
• HIV care providers in US struggling to cope with rising patient numbers. (February 2012, AIDSmap)
• Rising Caseloads, Lack of Funding Concern HIV Providers. (February 2012, Poz)