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Appropriate use criteria for lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid testing in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease by Shaw, Leslie M., Arias, Jalayne, Blennow, Kaj, Galasko, Douglas, Molinuevo, Jose Luis, Salloway, Stephen, Schindler, Suzanne, Carrillo, Maria C., Hendrix, James A., Ross, April, Illes, Judit, Ramus, Courtney, Fifer, Sheila

“…The Alzheimer's Association convened a multidisciplinary workgroup to develop appropriate use criteria to guide the safe and optimal use of the lumbar puncture…”
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P042 The CONCERT Initiative: Impact of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Care Referral Pathway by Casey, Chapman, Jenny, Griffith, Michelle, Bruno, Joe, Lynch, Jasmaine, McClain, Cindy, Theigs, Sheila, Fifer

“…In this study, average number of emergency department (ED) visits per-person decreased from 2.5 pre-intervention to 2 during intervention. The increase in…”
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Improving adherence to guidelines for spine pain care: what tools could support primary care clinicians in conforming to guidelines? by Fifer, Sheila Kean, Choundry, Niteesh K, Brod, Meryl, Hsu, Eugene, Milstein, Arnold

“…BackgroundSpine pain is one of the most common conditions seen in primary care and is often treated with ineffective, aggressive interventions, such as…”
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The functioning and well-being of patients with unrecognized anxiety disorders and major depressive disorder by Schonfeld, Warren H, Verboncoeur, Carol J, Fifer, Sheila K, Lipschutz, Ruth C, Lubeck, Deborah P, Buesching, Don P

“…This study examines the degree to which untreated anxiety disorders and major depressive disorder, occurring either singly or in combination, reduce…”
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The Path to Diagnosis and Treatment Among Patients With Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD): Health Disparities Among Persons of Color From Project ASPIRE by Osborne, Benjamin, Rosenthal, Jacqueline, James, Josin, Mitchell, Kristi, Fifer, Sheila, Prebil, Lee Ann, Mungin, Barbara, Bernitsas, Evanthia

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P017 The CONCERT Initiative: Baseline Study Findings From a Gastroenterologist Perspective by Chapman, Casey, Griffith, Jenny, Bruno, Michelle, Lynch, Joe, McClain, Jasmaine, Zambrano, Javier, Fifer, Sheila

“…BACKGROUND: Receiving timely or comprehensive care are well-documented challenges among inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. The lack of…”
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Functional Status and Somatization as Predictors of Medical Offset in Anxious and Depressed Patients by Fifer, Sheila K., Buesching, Don P., Henke, Curtis J., Potter, Lori P., Mathias, Susan D., Schonfeld, Warren H., Patrick, Donald L.

“…Certain anxious/depressed primary care patients decrease medical utilization after mental health treatment. Previous research has established demo-graphic and…”
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Tu1811 – The Concert Initiative: Improving Community Care for Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Chapman, Casey, Cole, Kenny, Griffith, Jennifer M., Lynch, Joe, Bruno, Michelle, Zambrano, Javier, Theigs, Cindy, Fifer, Sheila

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A second and more promising round of E-health enterprises by Fifer, Sheila K, Thomas, Norrie

“…After several years of false starts and failed enterprises, E-medicine is starting to generate practical applications in health care. The new generation of…”
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Quality of life and health service use among HIV-infected patients with chronic diarrhea by Lubeck, D P, Bennett, C L, Mazonson, P D, Fifer, S K, Fries, J F

“…Health-related quality of life and the utilization of health resources are important components of the evaluation of patient outcome in HIV infection because…”
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The combination of collaborative drug therapy management and E-prescribing by Thomas, Norrie, Fifer, Sheila K

“…Many discussions regarding electronic prescribing (E-prescribing) continue to focus on "who" should be responsible for building the communication platform:…”
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Effect of a Biopsychosocial Intervention or Postural Therapy on Disability and Health Care Spending Among Patients With Acute and Subacute Spine Pain: The SPINE CARE Randomized Clinical Trial by Choudhry, Niteesh K, Fifer, Sheila, Fontanet, Constance P, Archer, Kristin R, Sears, Ellen, Bhatkhande, Gauri, Haff, Nancy, Ghazinouri, Roya, Coronado, Rogelio A, Schneider, Byron J, Butterworth, Susan W, Deogun, Harvinder, Cooper, Angelina, Hsu, Eugene, Block, Shannon, Davidson, Claudia A, Shackelford, Claude E, Goyal, Parul, Milstein, Arnold, Crum, Katherine, Scott, Jennifer, Marton, Keith, Silva, Flavio M, Obeidalla, Sarah, Robinette, Payton E, Lorenzana-DeWitt, Mario, Bair, Courtney A, Sadun, Hana J, Goldfield, Natalie, Hogewood, Luke M, Sterling, Emma K, Pickney, Cole, Koltun-Baker, Emma J, Swehla, Andrew, Ravikumar, Vishvaas, Malhotra, Sameeksha, Finney, Sabrina T, Holliday, Lynn, Moolman, Karin C, Coleman-Dockery, Shanita, Patel, Ilaben B, Angel, Federica B, Green, Jennifer K, Mitchell, Kevin, McBean, Mary R, Ghaffar, Muteeb, Ermini, Sandra R, Carr, Ana L, MacDonald, James

“…IMPORTANCE: Low back and neck pain are often self-limited, but health care spending remains high. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of 2 interventions that…”
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Design of the Spine Pain Intervention to Enhance Care Quality And Reduce Expenditure Trial (SPINE CARE) study: Methods and lessons from a multi-site pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial by Choudhry, Niteesh K., Fontanet, Constance P., Ghazinouri, Roya, Fifer, Sheila, Archer, Kristin R., Haff, Nancy, Butterworth, Susan W., Deogun, Harvinder, Block, Shannon, Cooper, Angelina, Sears, Ellen, Goyal, Parul, Coronado, Rogelio A., Schneider, Byron J., Hsu, Eugene, Milstein, Arnold

“…Low back and neck pain (together, spine pain) are among the leading causes of medical visits, lost productivity, and disability. For most people, episodes of…”
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DT‐02‐01: APPROPRIATE USE CRITERIA FOR LUMBAR PUNCTURE AND CEREBROSPINAL FLUID TESTING IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE by Shaw, Leslie M., Arias, Jalayne J., Blennow, Kaj, Galasko, Doug R., Molinuevo, José Luis, Salloway, Stephen, Schindler, Suzanne E., Carrillo, Maria C., Hendrix, James, Ross, April, Illes, Judit, Ramus, Courtney, Fifer, Sheila

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APPROPRIATE USE CRITERIA FOR LUMBAR PUNCTURE AND CEREBROSPINAL FLUID TESTING IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE by Shaw, Leslie M., Arias, Jalayne J., Blennow, Kaj, Galasko, Doug R., Molinuevo, José Luis, Salloway, Stephen, Schindler, Suzanne E., Carrillo, Maria C., Hendrix, James, Ross, April, Illes, Judit, Ramus, Courtney, Fifer, Sheila

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Untreated anxiety among adult primary care patients in a Health Maintenance Organization by Fifer, S K, Mathias, S D, Patrick, D L, Mazonson, P D, Lubeck, D P, Buesching, D P

“…Untreated anxiety may be particularly difficult for primary care physicians to recognize and diagnose because there are no reliable demographic or medical…”
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Necessary but not sufficient: the effect of screening and feedback on outcomes of primary care patients with untreated anxiety by MATHIAS, S. D, FIFER, S. K, MAZONSON, P. D, LUBECK, D. P, BUESCHING, D. P, PATRICK, D. L

“…To consider the impact on primary care patient outcomes of using both a screener to determine elevated anxiety levels among patients with previously undetected…”
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The impact on employment of an intervention to increase recognition of previously untreated anxiety among primary care physicians by Yelin, Edward, Mathias, Susan D., Buesching, Don P., Rowland, Clayton, Calucin, Ruth Q., Fifer, Sheila

“…Anxiety is a common, though often unrecognized, problem in primary care settings. This study examines the effect on employment of an intervention designed to…”
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Health state preferences of persons with anxiety by Patrick, D L, Mathias, S D, Elkin, E P, Fifer, S K, Buesching, D P

“…We compared patient ratings of the desirability of anxiety health states with measures of psychological distress and functional status and investigated how…”
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Gemfibrozil cost-benefit study : targeting subgroups for effective hyperlipidaemia drug therapy by SARMA, S, FIFER, S. K

“…This cost-benefit analysis attempts to translate the clinical findings of the Helsinki Heart Study (HHS) and published results regarding additional…”
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