Awareness of Consensus Preventive Medicine Practice Guidelines Among Primary Care Physicians

Background: Herpes zoster (HZ) and postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) have a significant impact on quality of life. PHN is often chronic and difficult to treat. Dermatologists have always been involved in making the diagnosis of these conditions and, most recently, teaching the need for early antiviral therapy. Objective: With the introduction of a new vaccine, HZ and its difficult-to-treat complication PHN can be prevented or minimized. Preventive medicine is important and has been supported by dermatologists with sun safety programs. Patients receiving biologics are at increased risk of developing zoster. Conclusion: Dermatologists should embrace zoster vaccination and recommend routine vaccination of immunocompetent individuals > age 60 years, as well as patients of any age who are starting immunosuppressants, including biologics. Given that individuals over age 50 years are at risk for PHN and studies have shown that the vaccine's immunogenicity and safety are maintained in individuals age 50 to 59 years, vaccination in this age group may be considered. Some dermatologists may consider vaccinating their own patients, but most will likely recommend that vaccination be performed by their patients' primary care physicians.

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Educating primary care physicians in the management of Alzheimer's disease: using practice guidelines to set quality benchmarks

International Psychogeriatrics ◽

10.1017/s1041610209008692 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 21 (S1) ◽

pp. S44-S52 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Debra L. Cherry ◽

Carol Hahn ◽

Barbara G. Vickrey

Keyword(s):

Alzheimer’S Disease ◽

Primary Care ◽

Alzheimer's Disease ◽

Practice Guidelines ◽

Primary Care Physicians ◽

Care Management ◽

Primary Care Providers ◽

Dementia Care ◽

Care Providers

ABSTRACTThis paper presents a strategy for training primary care physicians in the identification, diagnosis and management of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. The strategy uses evidence-based practice guidelines to establish quality benchmarks and then provides training and other interventions to improve the quality of care received by these patients. The three projects described in this paper assumed that training of primary care physicians alone would not be sufficient to achieve the quality benchmarks derived from guidelines. The projects used creative training strategies supplemented by provider “tool kits”, provider checklists, educational detailing, and endorsement from organizational leadership to reinforce what the primary care providers learned in educational sessions. Each project also implemented a system of dementia care management to “wrap around” traditional primary care to ensure that quality benchmarks would be achieved. Outcomes of two completed studies support the premise that it is possible to improve quality of dementia care through physician education that occurs in association with a coordinated system of dementia care management and in collaboration with community agencies to access guideline-recommended social services.

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Dissemination of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for hepatocellular carcinoma among Japanese hepatologists, liver surgeons and primary care physicians

Gut ◽

10.1136/gut.2007.119362 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 56 (7) ◽

pp. 1020-1021 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

N. Kokudo ◽

Y. Sasaki ◽

T. Nakayama ◽

M. Makuuchi

Keyword(s):

Hepatocellular Carcinoma ◽

Primary Care ◽

Clinical Practice ◽

Clinical Practice Guidelines ◽

Practice Guidelines ◽

Primary Care Physicians ◽

Evidence Based

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The adoption of preventive care practice guidelines by primary care physicians

Journal of General Internal Medicine ◽

10.1007/bf02599668 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 138-144 ◽

Cited By ~ 45

Author(s):

Scoff Weingarten ◽

Erin Stone ◽

Robert Hayward ◽

Sean Tunis ◽

Mitch Pelter ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Preventive Care ◽

Practice Guidelines ◽

Primary Care Physicians ◽

Care Practice

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British Heart Rhythm Society Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Patients Developing QT Prolongation on Antipsychotic Medication

Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology Review ◽

10.15420/aer.2019.8.3.g1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 161-165 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Pier D Lambiase ◽

Joseph Paul de Bono ◽

Richard J Schilling ◽

Martin Lowe ◽

Andrew Turley ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Clinical Practice ◽

Antipsychotic Medication ◽

Clinical Practice Guidelines ◽

Practice Guidelines ◽

Primary Care Physicians ◽

Heart Rhythm ◽

Qt Prolongation

The British Heart Rhythm Society’s Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Patients Developing QT Prolongation on Antipsychotic Medication are written for heart rhythm consultants, primary care physicians, specialist registrars, nurses and physiologists who may be requested to review ECGs or advise on cases where antipsychotic-induced QT prolongation is suspected or proven. The guidance is adapted from the latest Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry, published in 2018.

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