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Patient Management
Optimizing Patient Adherence to HIV Care
Î All HIV-infected patients should be provided timely access to routine
and urgent primary medical care (SR-M).
Î HIV care sites should make every effort to provide care in a way that is
linguistically and culturally appropriate and competent (SR-M).
Î HIV care sites should utilize a multidisciplinary model but identify
a primary provider for each patient and support the development of
trusting long-term patient-provider relationships (SR-M).
Î All patients should be evaluated for depression and substance
abuse and, if present, a management plan that addresses these
problems should be developed and implemented in collaboration with
appropriate providers (SR-H).
