Erschienen in:
07.11.2016 | Editorial
Barriers to Choosing Wisely® in Primary Care: It’s Not Just About “the Money”
verfasst von:
Eugene C. Rich, MD
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 2/2017
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Excerpt
In this issue of the
Journal of General Internal Medicine, Zikmund-Fisher and colleagues report on results from two national surveys of primary care clinicians exploring the barriers to implementing 12 specific Choosing Wisely® (CW) recommendations.
1 The investigators describe survey findings from 34 % of 2000 internal medicine, family medicine, and geriatrics physicians contacted through a nationally representative random sample and 48 % of 2500 representative primary care clinicians (physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants) practicing in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities. Despite the differences in the two surveyed clinician populations, and in their practice settings, the different respondents noted remarkably consistent concerns regarding the feasibility of following these CW recommendations in their setting. …