These requirements are intended to reduce the incidence of HIV positivity by ensuring that all HIV positive patients have access to treatment, and that HIV negative patients are educated on prevention options. access to testing, education, and medications in order Pediatrics, Visalia Medical Clinic to achieve maximal medication compliance. Healthcare President, PFLAG Tulare & Kings Counties providers need to be able to knowledgeably discuss Board Member, The Source LGBT+ Center harm reduction in sexual activity and be able to prescribe medications for post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Not all patients are candidate for PEP or PrEP. To learn more, check out the excellent free CME archived webinars on HIV, AIDS, PEP and PrEP available to all healthcare to build a providers at the National LGBT powerful business Health Education Center at the Fenway Institute in Boston at www. lgbthealtheducation.org or go to www.pleaseprepme.org, which has provider and patient information Considering a commercial loan? as well as a PrEP finder to locate Choose the right bank to join your team. At Central Valley providers who will prescribe PrEP. Community Bank, we’re just the right amount of both big and small – the strong lending power of a big bank together with the There is no one in Tulare County values and relationships of a community bank. We’re local too – signed up to prescribe PrEP! and know the marketplace and what is right for you and your medical practice. Further information on prevention of HIV and AIDS is Whether you want to expand, start a new product line, modernize or hire new employees, sit down with our expert lenders today and available online from the CDC, find out why so many of our satisfied customers refer us to friends Planned Parenthood, and at https:// and colleagues. www.womenshealth.gov/hiv-andGet to know the most trusted, safe and secure business partners in aids/hiv-prevention. The Source the region. LGBT+ Center in Visalia also has information for patients and providers on HIV prevention and is able to provide trainings. The Source is located at 208 W. Main St. in Visalia, downstairs in Suite B, open from 3 to 6 pm Tuesday through Friday, also online at Investing In Business Relationships. www.thesourcelgbt.org, and by phone at 559-429-4277. www.cvcb.com • (559) 298-1775 Proudly serving the San Joaquin Valley and Greater Sacramento Kathryn Hall, M.D., F.A.A.P.
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