About HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS)

The HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service provides timely, 
accurate information about federally approved treatment 
guidelines for HIV and AIDS. The service was developed 
through a coordinated Public Health Service effort 
involving:

   Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)
   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
   Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
   Indian Health Service (IHS)
   National Institutes of Health (NIH)
   Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
     (SAMHSA)

The HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service includes a free 
telephone reference service for:

	People with HIV disease, their families and friends 
	Health care providers

The toll-free telephone service 800-HIV-0440  (800-448-0440) 
is available Monday - Friday, 9:00 am to 7:00 pm, EST 
(TDD/Deaf Access: 800-243-7012).  The toll-free telephone 
service is staffed by information specialists who answer 
questions using the National Library of Medicine database of 
HIV/AIDS treatment information.

ATIS is also a link to HIV/AIDS treatment information 
resources.  The treatment guidelines are available 
electronically in HSTAT, available free of charge from 
the National Library of Medicine.  Currently, the AHCPR 
supported guidelines on the evaluation and Management of 
Early HIV Infection, selected Morbidity and Mortality Weekly 
Reports (MMWR) and the published results of an NIH-sponsored 
State-of-the-Art Conference are available.

The staff is working with many different HIV/AIDS 
information services to build a comprehensive treatment 
information referral network. This network will be used 
to link callers to appropriate information resources. 


May 1995