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Hepatitis C Virus Screening And Treatment, Dani Loftus, Emily Machens, Crista Jamous
Hepatitis C Virus Screening And Treatment, Dani Loftus, Emily Machens, Crista Jamous
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Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is classified as a contagious liver disease that can be either acute or chronic, and the illness ranges in severity from mild to lifelong. It is estimated that 2.7 million people in the United States (US) have HCV, but only half are diagnosed. The CDC recommends testing by birth-cohort, focusing on adults born between 1945 and 1965. Three main objectives for this project included implementation of a clinical decision support system (CDSS) for providers, increasing HCV screening by providing education to the support staff in primary care clinics of a local hospital which would increase the …