The new lipid guidelines: what do primary care clinicians think?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the opinions of primary care clinicians regarding the newly released 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) Guidelines for the Prevention of Primary and Secondary Atherosclerotic Disease. This survey was created to assess the awareness, attitudes, and practices of primary care clinicians on adoption of the new guidelines and to explore obstacles to implementation and suggestions for improving shared decision-making.

Methods

Six hundred practicing clinicians within the San Francisco Bay Area Collaborative Research Network were invited to participate in this cross-sectional, Internet-based pilot survey of primary care clinicians. These survey data were collected in March 2014, approximately 4 months after the r

SUBMITTER: Jame S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4664185 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature