Patient-Centered Guidelines for Geriatric Diabetes Care: Potential Missed Opportunities to Avoid Harm
Conclusions:
Primary care clinicians often chose to intensify glycemic control despite individual patient factors that warrant higher glycemic targets based on existing guidelines. This research identifies possible missed opportunities for patient-centered goal setting and raises questions about the influence of training and practice environment on clinical decision making.
Source: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine - Category: Primary Care Authors: McCreedy, E. M., Kane, R. L., Gollust, S. E., Shippee, N. D., Clark, K. D. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
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