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The AJMC^® HIV compendium is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights for the condition, including disparities in care, prevention of infection among at-risk groups, and the importance of viral suppression.

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Small Increase in Blood Donor Deferrals Found When MSM Use Individual Risk Assessment

By Julia Bonavitacola

June 12th 2024

New blood donation eligibility guidelines affecting men who have sex with men (MSM) could slightly increase rates of deferring blood donation, according a model that assessed an individual risk-based deferral policy.

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Long-Acting Injectable Antiretroviral Therapy Less Appealing to Marginalized Communities

By Julia Bonavitacola

June 11th 2024

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Self-Testing for HIV Commonly Adopted in MSM From China

By Julia Bonavitacola

June 6th 2024

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Point-of-Care HIV Testing Uptake Similar in Dental Settings

By Julia Bonavitacola

June 6th 2024

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Partner Violence Risk Higher for MSM With HIV in Convenience Marriages

By Julia Bonavitacola

May 24th 2024

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Dr Mark Fendrick Discusses Underinsurance Worries and Possible Solutions

January 22nd 2017

Dr Mark Fendrick Discusses Underinsurance Worries and Possible Solutions

Underinsurance, which occurs when people have insurance but aren't covered for services they need, is a serious problem in the US, according to A. Mark Fendrick, MD, director of the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design at the University of Michigan. He proposed some strategies to alleviate this phenomenon, like smarter deductibles and revised Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rules.

January 21st 2017

Missed Opportunity to Test Patients With Severe Mental Illness for HIV

Laura Joszt, MA

Despite being up to 15 times more likely to be HIV positive, people with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and major depression with psychosis aren’t much more likely than the general population to be tested for the virus.

January 9th 2017

AIDS Advocates Fear Potential Consequences of ACA Repeal

Christina Mattina

The impending repeal of Obamacare has sparked concerns that vulnerable groups will lose insurance coverage and access to treatment, including HIV/AIDS patients.

January 8th 2017

Guidelines for HIV/AIDS Diagnosis and Treatment

Christina Mattina

These guidelines provide an overview of the current recommendations surrounding HIV/AIDS diagnosis, treatment, and complications.

January 4th 2017

What We're Reading: Is the GOP Eyeing Changes to Medicare, Too?

What we're reading, January 4, 2017: Republicans in Congress may also make changes to Medicare; churches and faith-based organizations launch syringe exchanges; and judge rules Amgen's PCSK9 patent is valid.

December 23rd 2016

Heart Attack Risk Nearly Doubles for HIV Patients

Inflammation appears to be the reason patients living with HIV have higher heart disease risk.

December 20th 2016

AJMC Health IT Issue: It's Not the Systems, It's What You Do With Them

The annual health information technology issue (IT) of The American Journal of Managed Care looks at the purpose for the decade-long move away from paper to technology-based infrastructure: better delivery of care to populations. As special guest editor Dr. Joshua R. Vest and other authors note, there is progress, but we’re not there yet.

December 12th 2016

Building Health IT Capacity to Improve HIV Infection Health Outcomes

Hannah Rettler, MPH R. Monina Klevens, DDS, MPH Gillian Haney, MPH Liisa Randall, PhD Alfred DeMaria, MD Johanna Goderre, MPH

Massachusetts is integrating HIV surveillance and leveraging electronic health record clinical data into their electronic disease case management system to enhance monitoring the HIV continuum of care.

October 14th 2016

AJMC in the Press, October 14, 2016

Coverage of our peer-reviewed research in the healthcare and mainstream press.

October 1st 2016

Increasing Access to Antiretroviral Therapies as a Global HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategy

Demonstrating the efficacy of antiretroviral therapies and other treatments in preventing the spread of HIV, Thomas Quinn, MD, showed that there is hope for decreasing HIV transmissions across the world. He cautioned, however, that HIV/AIDS still remains a global pandemic, and more work must be done to accelerate the rate of decrease in HIV infections.

September 10th 2016

Resistance to HCV Treatment Can Still Be a Challenge

The treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus has been revolutionized by the development of direct-acting antivirals, but a small fraction of patients do experience resistance and treatment failure.

July 22nd 2016

What We're Reading: A Review of Governor Mike Pence's Healthcare Record

Pence's record on Medicaid expansion and an HIV outbreak are getting national attention now that he is nominated for vice president.

July 15th 2016

What We're Reading: Policies Needed to Support Prisoner Health After Release

What We’re Reading, July 15, 2016: What can the 7 remaining co-ops do to survive; CMS projects increased Medicare spending per enrollee by 2025; and experts call for policy changes to support the health of prisoners at high risk for HIV.

July 13th 2016

What We're Reading: VA Failed Veterans With Brain Trauma

What We’re Reading, July 13, 2016: Humira faces competition from a biosimilar; Washington, DC, campaigns to raise awareness on anti-HIV PrEP pills; and veterans may have been incorrectly diagnosed for traumatic brain injury...or not.

June 22nd 2016

Investigation Finds Nevada Discriminated Against Inmates With HIV or Disabilities

Laura Joszt, MA

The Department of Justice has found that the Nevada Department of Corrections has been discriminating against inmates with HIV and with disabilities, according to a letter of findings issued.

May 15th 2016

Number of HIV Infections in US Falling, Missed Reduction Goals

The number of new HIV infections and the HIV transmission rate both decreased from 2010 to 2015, but still fell well short of the goals set by the Obama administration in 2010.

May 6th 2016

Special Issue of AJMC Examines Policy Questions Surrounding Hepatitis C Treatment

The arrival of direct-acting antivirals to treat hepatitis C virus raised unprecedented policy questions in healthcare. This new drug class was initially met with alarm over cost and barriers to the cure, despite the potential for long-term savings, and represents one of a number of topics explored in a special issue of The American Journal of Managed Care.

May 4th 2016

Deaths From Hepatitis C Virus Hit All-Time High, CDC Reports

CDC also published a separate study that found more people in the United States now die from hepatitis C than die from HIV or any other infectious disease. The report comes as The American Journal of Managed Care publishes a special issue on policy concerns over patient access to new therapies that cure HCV.

May 3rd 2016

Improving HCV Cure Rates in HIV-Coinfected Patients - A Real-World Perspective

Seetha Lakshmi, MD Maria Alcaide, MD Ana M. Palacio, MD, MPH Mohammed Shaikhomer, MD Abigail L. Alexander, MS Genevieve Gill-Wiehl, BA Aman Pandey, BS Kunal Patel, BS Dushyantha Jayaweera, MD Maria Del Pilar Hernandez, MD

The authors examine real-world hepatitis C virus cure rates with direct-acting antivirals among patients coinfected with HIV.

April 15th 2016

Single- Versus Multiple-Tablet HIV Regimens: Adherence and Hospitalization Risk

S. Scott Sutton, PharmD James W. Hardin, PhD Thomas J. Bramley, RPh, PhD Anna O. D'Souza, BPharm, PhD Charles L. Bennett, MD, PhD, MPP

Single-tablet regimens are associated with higher adherence rates, decreased hospitalizations, and a higher proportion of patients with undetectable viral load compared with multiple-tablet regimens in patients with HIV/AIDS.

March 15th 2016

What We're Reading: Sanders Proposes HIV/AIDS Drug Development Prize Fund

What we're reading, March 15, 2016: Bernie Sanders proposes a prize fund to spur drug development for HIV/AIDS; one news outlet is going to court to unseal documents related to OxyContin's marketing; and report highlights the emotional trauma healthcare providers face after making a serious medical error.

February 25th 2016

Detecting Acute HIV Infection and Preventing Further Transmission

Detecting acute HIV infections is important because this infection contributes disproportionately to the transmission of HIV and highly contagious.

December 18th 2015

Shkreli Quits as Head of Turing Pharmaceuticals

The 32-year-old was arrested on charges related to his prior work as a hedge fund manager.

December 1st 2015

On World AIDS Day, the Evidence for Prevention With Anti-Retroviral Therapy Is Powerful

Mary K. Caffrey

Anthony S. Fauci, MD, of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, co-authors an article that calls for broader use of ART to bring about the end of AIDS, more than 30 years after the dawn of the pandemic.

November 13th 2015

What We're Reading: Open Enrollment Starts Strong

Early sign-ups are strong under ACA; new food safety rules become final; report finds poor access to HIV drugs.

August 15th 2015

Hepatitis C Patients Also Have Increased Risk of Heart Disease

Laura Joszt, MA

In addition to risk for liver damage, people with hepatitis C may also have an increased risk of heart disease, according to a new Johns Hopkins study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

July 10th 2015

Community-Based HIV Prevention Programs Save Treatment Costs

A study published in the journal AIDS and Behaviour found community-based HIV prevention programs resulted in $6.5 billion in savings to Ontario's healthcare system.

May 28th 2015

NIH-Funded Trial Could Have a Global Impact on Antiretroviral Treatment

A randomized clinical trial conducted across at 215 sites in 35 countries has established that earlier antiretroviral treatment benefits all HIV-infected individuals.

May 17th 2015

Outbreak of HIV, Hepatitis Tests US Policy on Needle Exchanges

Despite ample health research showing that needle exchanges can reduce the spread of disease, the ban on federal funding of these programs has remained mostly intact since 1988.

April 21st 2015

Kaiser Poll Finds Strong Support to Control Drug Prices

Mary K. Caffrey

The Kaiser Health Tracking Poll found Americans strongly support ensuring that those with chronic conditions like cancer, HIV, and mental illness can have access to affordable drugs, and this sentiment was shared across partisan lines.

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