Identifying subgroups of care providers participating in a telehealth educational intervention: hierarchical cluster analysis of evaluation data.

Unlabelled: Health care providers (HCPs) serving HIV-infected patients, especially in rural and underserved areas, have limited access to continuing medical education.

Objectives: To identify subgroups of HCPs who might benefit from a telehealth training program focusing on HIV/AIDS care based on HCPs' objective for attending the training.

Methods: Hierarchical cluster analysis combined with thematic analysis identified the subgroups.

An in-depth analysis of medication errors in hospitalized patients with HIV.

Background: It is well recognized that medication errors occur and can affect success in treating patients with HIV/AIDS. However, little information is available describing the prevalence, nature, and causes of medication errors.

Objective: To determine the incidence of combination antiretroviral therapy (ART)- and opportunistic infection (OI)-related medication errors and describe the nature and cause(s) of errors to guide future interventions.

Atazanavir.

Objective: To review the pharmacology, virology, pharmacokinetics, resistance profile, clinical efficacy, safety, and drug interactions of atazanavir.

Data Sources: A PubMed and NLMGateway search (1966-June 2004) utilizing the key words atazanavir and BMS-232632 was performed. Abstracts from scientific meetings, including the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment, Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America, were also reviewed.

Resource use and cost of care for patients hospitalised with community acquired pneumonia: impact of adherence to infectious diseases society of america guidelines.

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare the inpatient resource use and cost of care for patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) who were treated with preferred antibacterial therapy according to the 1998 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guidelines with those who were not treated with preferred therapy.

Methods: A multicentre, observational study was conducted in Florida between 1999 and 2000. Hospitalised adult patients (aged > or = 18 years) started on antibacterial therapy for suspected or confirmed CAP were enrolled in the study.

Recognizing and preventing drug interactions in older adults with HIV.

Currently, adults older than 50 account for approximately 15% of the total number of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases. As baby boomers age, the number of older adults infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is expected to rise. This expected increase is due, in part, to an increase in the number of individuals newly diagnosed with HIV, and, in part, to improved efficacy of the highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) medications used to treat HIV/AIDS.