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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Emerg Med. 2013 Mar;20(3):279–286. doi: 10.1111/acem.12084

Table 1.

Focus Group and Interview Questions

1) What is your interpretation of the legislation?
2) What is the current strategy for implementing this law in the ED?
3) What do you perceive as barriers to implementation of the NY State HIV testing law?
4) What are your ideas about strategies for overcoming these barriers?
5) What are some of the ways that the care that you provide might benefit through implementation of the NY State HIV testing law?
6) What are the necessary steps or changes in the old system to achieve higher testing rates in the ED?
7) Can you describe step by step what happens when a patient enters the ED?
8) Are there any other thoughts about the implementation of the NY State HIV testing law that you did not get a chance to share that you would like to share now?