Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy

December 14 2012 20121214

Resources to Help You Stay Healthy in the New Year

Other Patient & Consumer Resources

• USPSTF Vision Screening in Kids

Clinicians & Providers

• Cancer Screening and Treatment in Women: Recent Findings
• Cancer Screening and Treatment in Women: Recent Findings (continued)
• Effects of Standardized Outreach for Patients Refusing Preventive Services: a Quasiexperimental Quality Improvement Study
• Racial Differences in PSA Screening Interval and Stage at Diagnosis
• Screening Mammography Use in Medicare Beneficiaries Reflects 4-year Mortality Risk
• Screening for Coronary Heart Disease
• The Medical Home, Preventive Care Screenings, and Counseling for Children: Evidence from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

Fact Sheets

September 1 2012 20120901

Cancer Screening and Treatment in Women: Recent Findings

September 1 2012 20120901

Cancer Screening and Treatment in Women: Recent Findings (continued)

Other Research & Data

• Department of Defense
• Effects of Standardized Outreach for Patients Refusing Preventive Services: a Quasiexperimental Quality Improvement Study
• Physicians need better understanding of factors that patients use to decide about colorectal cancer screening
• The Medical Home, Preventive Care Screenings, and Counseling for Children: Evidence from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
• University of Tokyo Hospital

Press Releases

January 17 2011 20110117

Routine Osteoporosis Screening Recommended for All Women over Age 65

News & Numbers

March 23 2011 20110323

Colorectal Cancer Screening for Most, But Not All, Americans

Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy

December 14 2012 20121214

Resources to Help You Stay Healthy in the New Year

Other News & Events

• Accessible services in primary care practices promote preventive health screenings and care
• Alcohol may be misused by residents in assisted living places
• Analyzing electronic health record data can help identify the overuse of cervical cancer screening
• Annual screening for malignancy among children with spina bifida with cystoplasty unlikely to be cost effective
• Blacks have longer PSA screening intervals than whites
• Children with a medical home more likely to receive health screenings and advice
• Demographic and health factors influence the type of prostate cancer screening received by men over age 40
• Electronic standing orders increase delivery of preventive services
• Fecal occult blood tests and followup need to be better targeted to healthy older adults
• Fewer than 1 in 5 emergency departments implement recommendations for HIV screening
• Human-computer interaction evaluation can inform the redesign of computerized clinical reminders
• Many minority patients do not receive or complete colorectal cancer screening tests in urban, primary care settings
• Modeling inequalities helps to develop cervical cancer screening strategies that can improve outcomes and reduce disparities
• More evidence needed on benefit of additional procedure for diagnosing plasma cell cancer
• More than half of women do not get regular mammograms
• Only one-third of adolescents are screened for emotional health during routine physicals
• Physicians need better understanding of factors that patients use to decide about colorectal cancer screening
• Prenatal screening for Group B streptococci often fails to live up to current screening and treatment guidelines
• Routine opt-out HIV emergency department screening only slightly improves identification of patients with HIV infection
• Rural residents depend on physician offices for their osteoporosis testing
• Sending health maintenance reminders to personal health records helps patients adhere to some screenings
• Task Force updates recommendation on screening for bladder cancer in asymptomatic adults
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force updates vision screening recommendation for young children
• Uninsured and Medicaid-insured emergency department patients are more likely to accept the screening than commercially insured patients