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NYC HIV Care Continuum Dashboards: Using surveillance data to improve HIV care among people living with HIV in New York City
Sarah L Braunstein;
Karen Coeytaux;
Charulata J Sabharwal;
Qiang Xia;
Rebekkah S Robbins;
Beverly Obeng;
Demetre C Daskalakis
ABSTRACT
Background:
HIV surveillance data can be used to improve patient outcomes.
Objective:
To describe and present findings from the HIV Care Continuum Dashboards (CCDs) initiative, which uses surveillance data to quantify and track outcomes for HIV patients at major clinical institutions in New York City (NYC).
Methods:
HIV surveillance data collected since 2011 were used to provide high-volume NYC clinical facilities with their performance on two key outcomes: linkage to care (LTC) among patients newly diagnosed with HIV and viral load suppression (VLS) among patients in HIV care.
Results:
The initiative included 21 facilities covering 34% of new HIV diagnoses and 46% of patients in HIV care in NYC in 2011 and was extended to a total of 47 sites covering 44% of new diagnoses and 70% of NYC patients in care in 2016. Since feedback of outcomes to providers began, aggregate LTC has improved by 1 percentage point and VLS by 16 percentage points.
Conclusions:
Disseminating information on key facility-level HIV outcomes promotes collaboration between public health and the clinical community to end the HIV epidemic. Similar initiatives can be adopted by other jurisdictions with mature surveillance systems and supportive laws and policies.
Citation
Please cite as:
Braunstein SL, Coeytaux K, Sabharwal CJ, Xia Q, Robbins RS, Obeng B, Daskalakis DC
New York City HIV Care Continuum Dashboards: Using Surveillance Data to Improve HIV Care Among People Living With HIV in New York City
