BACKGROUND This study aimed to elucidate how clinical preventive services are delivered
in family practices and how this information might inform improvement efforts. METHODS We …

OBJECTIVES: To assess how adequately family physicians think they are delivering
preventive care and to examine barriers to providing preventive care. DESIGN: Cross …

This paper outlines how competing demands affect physician delivery of clinical preventive
services and provides a model designed to help practicing physi cians improve the delivery …

Background. Data on preventive service delivery in primary care practice have been limited
by indirect methods of measurement. This study describes directly observed rates of …

BACKGROUND: While visits to the doctor's office are appropriate times to advise patients on
health behaviors, these opportunities are often missed. Lapses in care quality are no longer …

Abstract BACKGROUND• The Health Education and Research Trial (HEART) was a
multicenter trial designed to test methods to improve care practice systems for heart disease …

ContextRates of preventive services remain below national goals. ObjectiveTo identify
characteristics of physicians and their practices that are associated with the quality of …

Objectives: To summarize national survey results for key clinical preventive services
provided by primary care physicians, characterize the results by demographic and practice …

Background We conducted a process evaluation of a multifaceted outreach facilitation
intervention to document the extent to which the intervention was implemented with fidelity …

The article by McVea, Crabtree, Medder, and colleagues [1] in this issue of the Journal is
groundbreaking in its methods, insights into real-world family practice, and implications for …