Does IHS have clinical guidelines for treating HIV/AIDS?
Providers/clinicians follow nationally accepted guidelines (i.e. DHHS HIV/AIDS Guidelines) and best practices for screening, diagnosis, treatment and care. Treatment and care is also individualized to each circumstance with evidence based medicine and professional experience. Our performance measures and program level QA reports support this. Area guidelines may exist, but are implemented less often since it is challenging to keep up with the changes of standard recommendations within HIV/AIDS, which can change frequently.
