Human Services News

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News:

Patients recently diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are significantly more likely to seek medical treatment if they are followed even briefly by a case manager, according to findings of the national Antiretroviral Treatment Access Study (ARTAS). Physician/researchers at four sites evaluated individuals recently diagnosed with HIV and found that patients who worked with case managers were 40 percent more likely to visit an HIV clinician in the outpatient setting at least twice within the first year following diagnosis. Read more from this post.