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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- New Guideline: PrEP to Prevent HIV and Promote Sexual Health (10/14/19)
- Topics, Trends & Updates (10/10/19)
- New Guideline: Laboratory Monitoring for Adverse Effects of ART (9/10/19)
- New Guideline: Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (8/29/19)
- New Guideline: Harm Reduction Approach to Treatment of All Substance Use Disorders (8/29/19)
- Pocket Guide to Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder and Harm Reduction (9/3/19)
- U=U Guidance for Implementation in Clinical Settings (8/21/19)
- Pocket Guide to U=U Guidance for Implementation in Clinical Settings (8/27/19)
- Updates to the Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Section of the DHHS Pediatric Opportunistic Infections Guidelines (10/25/19)
- AIDSinfo Releases New HIV and Heart Disease Fact Sheet (10/24/19)
- Updates to Several Tables in the DHHS Adult and Adolescent Opportunistic Infections Guidelines (10/22/19)
- AETC NCRC Updates (10/22/19)
- Updates to the Community-Acquired Pneumonia Section of the DHHS Adult and Adolescent Opportunistic Infections Guidelines (10/10/19)
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
- 11/15/19: New England AETC: Applying 35 Years of HIV Work to the Substance Use Epidemic: Shared Experiences and Lessons Learned (Boston, MA)
- 11/22/19: Howard University Coalition for the Elimination of AIDS-Related Stigma: International Conference on Stigma (Washington, DC)
- 12/03/19: NYSDOH AI: 2019 Ending the Epidemic (ETE) Summit: Maintaining the Momentum, Expanding the Vision! (Albany, NY)
- 12/03/19: NYSDOH AI: 21st Annual World AIDS Day: Educate. Empower. End Stigma. (Albany, NY)
- 12/03/19: National Minority AIDS Council: Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit (Houston, TX)