Touch Points in Community Health: Pan-Viral Testing and Linkage to Care in Emergency Departments and Urgent Care Centers

March 18, 2025 @ 12:30pm Eastern

Join HealthHIV and expert panelists for an interactive live webinar to exchange ideas on opportunities and challenges of implementing pan-viral testing and linkage to care within Emergency Departments and Urgent Care Centers. Emergency medicine physicians, Kimberly Stanford, MD, MPH, Ethan Cowan, MD, MS, and Immediate Past President of the AMA, Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, FAMIA, FASA, will discuss the need for pan-viral (HIV, HBV, HCV, and STIs) testing and linkage to care in EDs and UCCs, and share evidence-based standards of care for pan-viral testing.

Over the course of this 1.5 credits/contact hours certified activity, key topics will include:

• Importance of EDs and urgent care as community touch points for pan-viral testing (e.g. meeting impacted populations where they are)
• Understanding prevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV, and STIs in your community
• Evidence-based care guidance and recommendations for HIV, HBV, HCV, and STIs
• Implementation of testing algorithms and test interpretation
• Effective strategies for patient follow-up and linkage to care/treatment

This webinar will include participant polling, live Q&A, and links to additional resources, as well as more information about how you may be able to participate in individualized capacity building and coaching support from HealthHIV to implement pan-viral testing and linkage to care. This is the second of a three-part webinar series that will provide critical information and guidance and implementation models for pan-viral testing and linkage to care in student health centers, emergency departments, and urgent care settings.

Faculty

Kimberly Stanford, MD, MPH  
Associate Professor of Medicine
The University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL

Ethan Cowan, MD, MS  
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Newark, NJ

Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, FAMIA, FASA  
Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Anesthesiology
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Educational Objectives

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

• Implement national guidelines and recommendations for pan-viral (HIV, HBV, HCV, and STIs) testing and linkage to care.
• Identify innovative pan-viral testing technologies, models and resources, such as self-/at-home testing.
• Identify pan-viral linkage to care models to connect patients to care.
• Apply testing strategies that enhance health equity for populations disproportionately impacted by HIV, HBV, HCV, and STIs.

Target Audience

Primary care providers, pharmacists, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician associates, social workers, and other healthcare professionals in involved in the testing, identification and linkage to care for individuals with HIV, HBV, HCV, and STIs at student health centers, emergency departments, urgent care clinics, and other non-traditional settings.

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