CDC&P: Vital Signs: Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing and Diagnosis Delays — United States

New FREE Continuing Education from MMWR and Medscape Vital Signs: Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing and Diagnosis Delays — United States CDC's MMWR and Medscape are proud to introduce a new FREE continuing education (CE) activity that describes diagnosis delays among persons infected with HIV: Vital Signs: Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing and Diagnosis Delays — United States. This activity is intended for infectious disease clinicians, family medicine specialists, internists, nurses, pharmacists, public health officials, and other clinicians caring for patients with or at risk for HIV infection. Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to Describe diagnosis delay among persons infected with HIV, based on an analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National HIV Surveillance System, and missed opportunities for HIV testing, based on CDC's National HIV Behavioral Surveillance. Identify the proportions of persons in various high-risk populations who tested for HIV in the past 12 months. Determine the clinical and public health implications of these findings regarding HIV testing, missed opportunities for testing, and diagnosis delay among persons infected with HIV. To access this FREE MMWR / Medscape CE activity visit: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/cme/medscape_cme.html. If you are not a registered user on Medscape, please register for free or login without a password and get unlimited access to all continuing education activities and other Medscape features.   Source: www.CDC.gov/VitalSigns Credits Available Physicians: maximum of .50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ ABIM Diplomates: maximum of .50 ABIM MOC points Nurses: .50 ANCC Contact Hour(s) (0 contact hours are in the area of pharmacology) Pharmacists: .50 Knowledge-based ACPE (0.050 CEUs) Share this message with your networks! @CDCMMWR's new FREE continuing education from Medscape and MMWR: HIV testing, missed testing opptys, diagnosis delays, & implications.   The CDC has reached over 1.4 million subscribers. Thank you for your support.                This email was sent using GovDelivery, on behalf of: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • 1600 Clifton Rd • Atlanta, GA 30333 • 1-800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636)