BACKGROUND: The problem of obesity is now epidemic in the United States. Despite the
existence of clinical guidelines for prevention and treatment of obesity and documented …

PURPOSE The advent of Web-based survey tools has provided the investigator with an
alternative to paper-based survey methods that in many instances may be less expensive to …

Introduction: Patients with chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) are common and have a high
degree of morbidity. Previous studies document clinician frustration and variability in CNCP …

PURPOSE Studies have often shown low rates of preventive counseling in primary care, and
interventions aimed at improving counseling rates have had disappointing results. Using …

Background The recommendations of the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation’s
“Choosing Wisely ® ” initiative recognize the importance of improving the appropriateness …

The integration of clinical decision support (CDS) in documentation practices remains limited
due to obstacles in provider workflows and design restrictions in electronic health records (…

Limited health literacy is a common but often unrecognized problem associated with poor
health outcomes. Well-validated screening tools are available to identify and provide the …

Objective To estimate the prevalence of hypertension, diabetes and chronic kidney disease
and their risk factors in a rural and urban region of Haiti. Setting and participants Community …

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students, pharmacists, or case managers). The control group was “blinded”; however, informal …

Problem Academic physician reimbursement has moved to productivity-based compensation
plans. To be sustainable, such plans must be self-funding. Additionally, unless research …