<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Grover, Michael</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anderson, Matthew</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gupta, Rita</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Haden, Matthew</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hartmark-Hill, Jennifer</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Morski, Lynn Marie</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sarmiento, Paul</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dueck, Amylou</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Increased Osteoporosis Screening Rates Associated with the Provision of a Preventive Health Examination</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009-11-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">655-662</style></pages><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.3122/jabfm.2009.06.090040</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">22</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Objectives: We determined the frequencies of (1) female patients aged 65 years and older having bone density measurement performed and (2) prescription therapy use among osteoporotic women.Methods: We completed a retrospective chart audit to assess our adherence to Physician Quality Reporting Initiative guidelines. Women aged 65 to 75 with an office visit between June 1 to November 30, 2007, were divided into 3 subgroups: those who had a recent preventive general medical examination (GME), those who received one in the last 10 years, and those who had not. We determined osteoporosis screening rates for all 3 groups. The first group then underwent electronic medical record review to obtain patient demographics, determine bone mineral density results, and review if those with osteoporosis were receiving prescription treatment.Results: Ninety-six percent of 305 female patients seen for a GME during the study period had completed bone mineral density testing. This was a screening rate significantly greater than that for patients with an earlier GME and those who never had one in our offices (70% and 50%, respectively). Seventy-seven percent of recent GME patients had abnormal T scores. Low weight and body mass index were significantly associated with osteoporotic T scores. Seventy-four percent of patients whose latest T scores were less than −2.5 were receiving prescription therapy.Conclusions: Female patients who completed a recent GME had extraordinarily high rates of screening for osteoporosis. We believe this demonstrates the importance of a dedicated preventive health examination as well as the increased significance that physicians and patients currently place on this behavior.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>