RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Using Outcomes to Improve Quality of Research and Quality of Care
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Practice
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 465
OP 473
DO 10.3122/jabfm.11.6.465
VO 11
IS 6
A1 Deyo, Richard A.
YR 1998
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/11/6/465.abstract
AB Your clinic has decided to undertake a quality-improvement initiative for patients with low back pain. A steering committee has recommended implementing a set of evidence-based guidelines developed through the sponsorship of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Strategies are now in place to modify your guidelines and your colleagues' prescribing practices with regard to bed rest, use of imaging studies, and days off from work. Always the skeptic, you ask your medical director, “How will we know if following these guidelines has done any good?”