A preliminary analysis of the performance of a targeted HIV electronic medical records alert system: A single hospital experience

Early treatment of HIV relies on a timely detection the infection, but many people living with HIV/AIDS are unaware their infection. In current study, we applied an electronic medical records (EMR)-based alert system flagging high-risk patients previously diagnosed infections syphilis, hepatitis A virus, B and/or C and those aged 20–50 years prior diagnosis shingles. During study period (April to October 2019), total 47 individuals among 22,264 visiting our department were identified as having carrying HIV, 14 these underwent testing. Two males below 65 previous syphilis subsequently tested positive for HIV. This preliminary analysis EMR facilitated identification possibly test rate remains be improved.