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Putting Evidence Into Practice: An Update on the US Preventive Services Task Force Methods for Developing Recommendations for Preventive Services

Michael J. Barry, Tracy A. Wolff, Lori Pbert, Karina W. Davidson, Tina M. Fan, Alex H. Krist, Jennifer S. Lin, Iris R. Mabry-Hernandez, Carol M. Mangione, Justin Mills, Douglas K. Owens and Wanda K. Nicholson
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2023, 21 (2) 165-171; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2946
Michael J. Barry
Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Barry)
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  • For correspondence: mbarry@mgh.harvard.edu
Tracy A. Wolff
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland (Wolff, Fan, Mabry-Hernandez, Mills)
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Lori Pbert
Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts (Pbert)
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Karina W. Davidson
Feinstein Institute for Medical Research at Northwell Health, Manhasset, New York (Davidson)
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Tina M. Fan
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland (Wolff, Fan, Mabry-Hernandez, Mills)
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Alex H. Krist
Fairfax Family Practice Residency, Fairfax, Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia (Krist)
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Jennifer S. Lin
Kaiser Permanente Evidence-based Practice Center, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon (Lin)
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Iris R. Mabry-Hernandez
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland (Wolff, Fan, Mabry-Hernandez, Mills)
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Carol M. Mangione
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, California (Mangione)
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Justin Mills
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Douglas K. Owens
Department of Health Policy and Center for Health Policy, Stanford University, Stanford, California (Owens)
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Wanda K. Nicholson
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Nicholson).
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vol. 21 no. 2 165-171
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2946
PubMed 
36973047

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication July 11, 2022
  • Revision received October 24, 2022
  • Accepted for publication November 21, 2022
  • Published online March 27, 2023.

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Author Information

  1. Michael J. Barry, MD⇑,
  2. Tracy A. Wolff, MD, MPH,
  3. Lori Pbert, PhD,
  4. Karina W. Davidson, PhD, MASc,
  5. Tina M. Fan, MD, MPH,
  6. Alex H. Krist, MD, MPH,
  7. Jennifer S. Lin, MD, MCR,
  8. Iris R. Mabry-Hernandez, MD, MPH,
  9. Carol M. Mangione, MD, MSPH,
  10. Justin Mills, MD, MPH,
  11. Douglas K. Owens, MD, MS and
  12. Wanda K. Nicholson, MD, MPH, MBA
  1. Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Barry)
  2. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland (Wolff, Fan, Mabry-Hernandez, Mills)
  3. Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts (Pbert)
  4. Feinstein Institute for Medical Research at Northwell Health, Manhasset, New York (Davidson)
  5. Fairfax Family Practice Residency, Fairfax, Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia (Krist)
  6. Kaiser Permanente Evidence-based Practice Center, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon (Lin)
  7. Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, California (Mangione)
  8. Department of Health Policy and Center for Health Policy, Stanford University, Stanford, California (Owens)
  9. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Nicholson).
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Michael J. Barry Division of General Internal Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital 100 Cambridge Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02114 mbarry{at}mgh.harvard.edu

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