Improving Retention in HIV Care Through New York's Expanded Partner Services Data-to-Care Pilot.

Context: Data to Care (DTC) represents a public health strategy using HIV surveillance data to link persons living with diagnosed HIV infection (PLWDHI) to HIV-related medical care.

Objective: To investigate the feasibility of the DTC approach applied to a Partner Services program serving a geographically diffuse area of New York State.

Design: Disease intervention specialists received training to function as Expanded Partner Services (ExPS) advocates.