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AIDS Institute’s HIV Clinical Education Initiative (CEI) Launches High-Tech Effort for HIV Education

Posted December 2011

In recognition of the tremendous growth in the number of health care professionals who use mobile technology such as “smartphones” and “tablets” to assist them in providing care to their patients, the HIV Clinical Education Initiative (CEI) Technology Center at the NYSDOH’s AIDS Institute recently announced the availability of two new and exciting ways to access online HIV clinical information.

The Technology Center has developed a Google Android application called CEInema that is accessible at Google’s Android Market. Users can install the Android application on any smartphone or tablet that operates on the Android operating system. CEInema gives health professionals access to CEI’s ever-growing and diverse library of videos and educational materials. The application is free and users can download it from the Google Android Marketplace by searching for the key words “HIV Education.”

In addition to the CEInema application, the CEI Technology Center is also pleased to announce an updated version of its CEI mobile website. This new version will enable visitors to view CEI’s extensive library of training materials and search for upcoming educational presentations and conferences. It will also allow health professionals to search for important CEI-related phone numbers, such as the PEP line (1-888-448-4911) which provides free consultative support to clinicians who have questions about post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV exposure.

The mobile website is a cross-platform and cross-device that supports smartphones such as the iPhone, Windows Mobile phones, and Android phones. In addition, clinicians can access the site via other mobile devices such as iPads and iPods.

The CEInema Android application is available now and the CEI Technology Center expects the new mobile CEI website to launch in January 2012.

Please check the CEI website (www.ceitraining.org) for detailed information about these new clinical tools, as well as a video overview of their features.