Prompting Primary Care Providers about Increased Patient Risk As a Result of Family History: Does It Work?

Conclusions:
No change occurred upon instituting simple, at-the-visit family history prompts geared to improve PCPs' ability to identify patients at high risk for 6 common conditions. The results are both surprising and disappointing. Further studies should examine physicians' perception of the utility of prompts for family history risk.

Source: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine - May 8, 2015 Category: Primary Care Authors: Zazove, P., Plegue, M. A., Uhlmann, W. R., Ruffin, M. T. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research