The Clinical Guidelines Program is a longstanding, collaborative effort of the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) AIDS Institute (AI), Office of the Medical Director (OMD), and the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases.
Mission: To develop and disseminate practical, evidence-based clinical guidelines that promote quality medical care for people in New York who are living with and/or are at risk of acquiring HIV, HCV, STIs and substance use.
Expert committees: AIDS Institute clinical guidelines are developed by committees of expert New York State clinicians. Committee members collaborate to survey and evaluate peer-reviewed literature, write and assess clinical recommendations, and update existing guidelines or create new guidelines as necessary to ensure that recommendations reflect current best practices. All new and revised guidelines undergo peer and consumer review.
Evidence-based recommendations: Committee members apply their expertise and experience in evaluating factors that determine treatment decisions, including potential benefits and outcomes, risks, and burdens to the patient; patient views, values, and preferences; feasibility and tolerability; and the quality of evidence supporting a treatment recommendation. All recommendations are assigned ratings based on the strength and quality of the supporting evidence.
Audience: AIDS Institute clinical care guidelines are produced and disseminated to clinicians in New York who provide prevention services and medical care to people who are living with or at risk of acquiring HIV, HCV, STIs and substance use.
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- Topics, Trends & Updates (8/13/19)
- New Guideline: Rapid Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy (8/5/19)
- New Pocket Guide: Rapid Initiation of ART (8/5/19)
- New: GOALS Framework for Sexual History Taking in Primary Care (8/5/2019)
- Updated Guideline: Diagnosis and Management of HIV-2 in Adults (7/11/19)
- New Pocket Guide: Diagnosis and Management of HIV-2 in Adults (7/11/19)
- Updated Pocket Guides for Treatment of Chronic HCV with Direct-Acting Antivirals Guideline (6/7/19)
- Updated Treatment of Chronic HCV with Direct-Acting Antivirals Guideline (5/24/19)
- NYC STD Prevention Training Center: Syphilis Monograph (8/13/19)
- AETC NCRC Updates (8/9/19)
- Updates to the Recommended Immunization Schedule in the HHS Adult and Adolescent Opportunistic Infections Guidelines (8/7/19)
- Updates to the Cryptosporidiosis Section of the HHS Adult and Adolescent Opportunistic Infections Guidelines (7/16/19)
- Updates to the HHS Adult and Adolescent Antiretroviral Treatment Guidelines Released (7/10/19)
Final Results of the PARTNER 2 Study Confirm Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U): Dr. Alison Rodger presented the final results of the PARTNER2 study at the 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam in July 2018. The findings of the study . . . Read more
Relative Contributions of Traditional Modifiable Risk Factors to Morbidity Among People with HIV: Compared with people who do not have HIV, people with HIV, even those with well-controlled disease, have an elevated risk of MI, ESLD, ESRD, and NADCs . . . Read more
- CEI Newsletter (8/13/19)
- NYS Medicaid Update (8/2/19)
- NYSDOH AIDS Institute: 2019 Ending the Epidemic Summit and Call for Abstracts (7/30/19)
- Governor Cuomo Announces New Actions Ensuring Health Insurers Provide Expanded Coverage for PrEP (7/23/19)
- NYSDOH AIDS Institute Seeks Member Nominations for the New York State HIV Advisory Body (HAB) (5/16/19)
- 8/20/19: MWAETC: Racial Disparities and HIV (Seattle, WA)
- 8/21/19: Suffolk County Department of Health Services: Buprenorphine Waiver Eligibility Training for Clinical Providers (Great River, NY)
- 9/05/19: 2019 United States Conference on AIDS (Washington, DC)
- 9/06/19: NECA AETC: Injectable HIV Treatment Update (Albany, NY)
- 9/06/19: REACH: Time to Remember. Time to ACT! (New York, NY)
- 8/20/19: MWAETC: Racial Disparities and HIV
- 8/21/19: CEI This Month in HIV: PrEP for Women: Prevention Opportunities in Clinical Practice
- 8/21/19: ACE TA Center: Basics of Health Coverage Enrollment for New Program Staff
- 8/28/19: SE AETC: Hepatitis C Treatment in Decompensated Cirrhosis
- 9/04/19: CEI HIV ECHO: Dealing with Discomfort: Addressing Anal Health in Primary Care