To the Editor: In a busy clinical practice with complicated patients, it can be difficult
remembering to perform all the recommended preventative care interventions. 1 Previous …

To the Editor: I read with great interest the original research article,“Interventions to
Improving Osteoporosis Screening: An Iowa Research Network (IRENE) Study” 1 in the …

To the Editor: I read with great interest the original research article,“Interventions to
Improving Osteoporosis Screening: An Iowa Research Network (IRENE) Study” 1 in the …

Context: Bone Mineral Density Screening rates are extremely low even though they form an
integral part of the USPSTF recommendations for Osteoporosis screening (using a Central …

Background: Primary care physicians often fail to diagnose low bone density. This pilot study
assessed 2 interventions for their effect on bone mineral density testing. Methods: Five …

Background Less than half of eligible women are screened for osteoporosis despite funding
for dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans by Medicare. In this study, we seek to …

As noted in the article by Sweet and colleagues in this issue of American Family Physician, 1
in 2002, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended routine screening …

Background: Osteoporosis is very common in older women in the United States.
Osteoporotic fractures cause significant morbidity and mortality, as well as high healthcare …

Background Osteoporotic fracture is a growing public health problem burden to society.
Despite the importance of physician practices in preventing it, relatively little is known about …

Abstract The United States Preventive Services Task Force and the National Osteoporosis
Foundation recommend routine osteoporosis screening for women aged 65 years or older …