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Weekly JAMA Feature for July 18
OPT-OUT RAPID H-I-V SCREENING IDENTIFIES ONLY SLIGHT INCREASE OF NEW CASES IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SETTING
JAMA RADIO REPORT
Each week, JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association produces a one-minute radio news package, and makes it available to stations free of charge at www.TheJAMAReport.org
Producers can download MP3 versions of the packages, and are free to edit the pieces and/or use the actualities as best suits their stations’ needs.
Each week, JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association produces a one-minute radio news package, and makes it available to stations free of charge at www.TheJAMAReport.org
Producers can download MP3 versions of the packages, and are free to edit the pieces and/or use the actualities as best suits their stations’ needs.
This week’s package has a SPECIAL EMBARGO TIME until 4 a.m. (ET) Sunday, July 18, 2010
Radio script (TRT 1:00)
July 18, 2010
VO: IN 2006 THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION BEGAN RECOMMEDING OPT-OUT RAPID H-I-V SCREENING IN HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE SETTINGS. THIS MEANS PATIENTS ADMITTED TO AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WERE TESTED FOR H-I-V UNLESS THEY REFUSED OR OPTED-OUT OF THE TEST. A NEW STUDY SHOWS THIS TESTING IS ASSOCIATED WITH ONLY A MODEST INCREASE IN DETECTING NEW H-I-V CASES.
“We ended up testing a large number of patients for H-I-V infection and found relatively modest number of newly diagnosed H-I-V infected patients.”
VO: DR. JASON HAUKOOS (HOE-CUSS) FROM THE DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER AND CO-AUTHORS EVALUATED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE REVISED GUIDELINES BY OFFERING TESTING TO NEARLY ALL PATIENTS TREATED IN THE DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER’S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FROM APRIL 2007 TO APRIL 2009. THE STUDY APPEARS IN A THEME ISSUE ON HIV/AIDSTHIS WEEK IN JAMA, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
“Patients who were actually newly diagnosed with H-I-V infection were found relatively late in their disease courses.”
VO: CATHERINE DOLF, THE JAMA REPORT.
Radio script (TRT 1:00)
July 18, 2010
VO: IN 2006 THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION BEGAN RECOMMEDING OPT-OUT RAPID H-I-V SCREENING IN HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE SETTINGS. THIS MEANS PATIENTS ADMITTED TO AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WERE TESTED FOR H-I-V UNLESS THEY REFUSED OR OPTED-OUT OF THE TEST. A NEW STUDY SHOWS THIS TESTING IS ASSOCIATED WITH ONLY A MODEST INCREASE IN DETECTING NEW H-I-V CASES.
“We ended up testing a large number of patients for H-I-V infection and found relatively modest number of newly diagnosed H-I-V infected patients.”
VO: DR. JASON HAUKOOS (HOE-CUSS) FROM THE DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER AND CO-AUTHORS EVALUATED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE REVISED GUIDELINES BY OFFERING TESTING TO NEARLY ALL PATIENTS TREATED IN THE DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER’S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FROM APRIL 2007 TO APRIL 2009. THE STUDY APPEARS IN A THEME ISSUE ON HIV/AIDSTHIS WEEK IN JAMA, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
“Patients who were actually newly diagnosed with H-I-V infection were found relatively late in their disease courses.”
VO: CATHERINE DOLF, THE JAMA REPORT.