Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence, a Public Health Service-sponsored Clinical
Practice Guideline, is a product of the Tobacco Use and Dependence Guideline Panel (" the …

Background The opportunity to improve care by delivering decision support to clinicians at
the point of care represents one of the main incentives for implementing sophisticated …

The most up-to-date edition of the gold standard in health care information system
references In the newly revised Fifth Edition of Health Care Information Systems, veteran …

Background Clinical practice does not always reflect best practice and evidence, partly
because of unconscious acts of omission, information overload, or inaccessible information …

A major contributor to shortfalls in delivery of recommended health care services is lack of
physician time. On the basis of recommendations from national clinical care guidelines for …

This commentary presents a conceptual framework, Quality in the Continuum of Cancer
Care (QCCC), for quality improvement studies and research. Data sources include review of …

We conducted a 4-year randomized study in a community health center that serves primarily
low income Blacks in Durham, North Carolina. Patients (1318 at baseline) were assigned …

Clinicians and the organizations within which they practice play a major role in enabling
patient participation in cancer screening and ensuring quality services. Guided by an …

This prospective randomized study examined the impact of three tailored intervention
approaches to increase quitting rates among African-American smokers who were clients of …

Background: Cancer genetic counseling and testing is a standard of care option for
appropriate families and can identify individuals at increased risk prior to diagnosis, when …