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)