For years, public health experts have encouraged primary care physicians (PCPs) to screen for infectious diseases as well as cancers, heart disease risk factors, diabetes, and more. Many assessments for risk-based infections such as hepatitis B (Hep B), hepatitis C (Hep C), HIV, and bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were convoluted and constantly changing, resulting in significant effort to figure out if patients require testing.

PCPs were tasked with asking lots of questions about behavior and risk, and patients were responsible for disclosing risk. What’s more, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) screening guidelines didn’t necessarily align with guidance from the US Preventive Services Task Force. With all the confusion, it is a wonder that anyone got screen

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