Impact of educational outreach intervention on enhancing health care providers' knowledge about statin therapy prescribing in Malaysian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
ConclusionThis work demonstrated the impact of an educational outreach intervention on improving health care providers' knowledge and beliefs about statin therapy. This type of intervention is considered effective for short‐term knowledge enhancement. Further research is needed to test the long‐term efficacy of such intervention. (Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice)
Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - March 6, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Mohamed Hassan Elnaem, Mohamad Haniki Nik Mohamed, Hasniza Zaman Huri, Shah M Azarisman Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

“Strangers in the ER”: Quality indicators and third party interference in Dutch emergency care
ConclusionsEven if quality indicators are based on scientific evidence, they are not axiomatically good or useful. Both proponents and critics of Evidence‐based Medicine always feared uncritical use of evidence by third parties. For non‐medical parties who have no access to primary care processes, the type of standardized knowledge professed by Evidence‐based Medicine provides the easiest way to gain insights into “what works” in clinical practice. This case study reminds us that using standardized knowledge for the management of health care quality requires the involvement of stakeholders for the development and...
Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - March 6, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Floortje B. Moes, Eddy S. Houwaart, Diana M. J. Delnoij, Klasien Horstman Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

The mind ‐brain gap and the neuroscience‐psychiatry gap
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice)
Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - March 2, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: DiogoTelles ‐CorreiaMD PhD Source Type: research

Continuity of care in after ‐hours house call medical services: An exploration of follow‐up patterns in an Australian context
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice)
Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - March 2, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Chris O.IfedioraMBBS, MPH, FRACGP , Gary D.RogersMBBS, MGPPsych, PhD, FANZAHPE, FAMEE Source Type: research

Somatoform disorder in primary care: The influence of co ‐morbidity with anxiety and depression on health care utilization
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice)
Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - March 2, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: PaulH üsingMSc, Junior Researcher , BerndLöweMD PhD, Professor & Head of Department , KatharinaPiontekPhD, Senior Researcher , MeikeShedden ‐MoraPhD, Senior Researcher Source Type: research

Continuity of care in after ‐hours house call medical services: An exploration of follow‐up patterns in an Australian context
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice)
Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - March 2, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Somatoform disorder in primary care: The influence of co ‐morbidity with anxiety and depression on health care utilization
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice)
Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - March 2, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

The mind ‐brain gap and the neuroscience‐psychiatry gap
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice)
Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - March 2, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

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Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, Ahead of Print. (Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice)
Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - March 2, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

The mind ‐brain gap and the neuroscience‐psychiatry gap
Abstract A problem underlying the mind brain gap is the complex integration among the disciplines involved in it: neurosciences, clinical psychiatry and psychology, and philosophy of science. Research in neurosciences and clinical psychiatry requires a positioning in relation to some conceptual/philosophical aspects. These are related to the models of interrelationship of the brain and the mind, to explanatory approaches in psychiatry, and to conceptual issues such as dimensionality versus categories, symptoms versus disorders, and neurobiological correlates versus clinical determination of mental disorder. In this article...
Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - March 2, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Diogo Telles ‐Correia Tags: PERSONAL VIEW Source Type: research

Somatoform disorder in primary care: The influence of co ‐morbidity with anxiety and depression on health care utilization
ConclusionNot a single but only the presence of multiple co‐morbidities predicts primary and mental HCU in patients with somatoform disorder. Health care utilization might be essentially influenced by the associated psychological distress, which should be considered in treatment. (Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice)
Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - March 2, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Paul H üsing, Bernd Löwe, Katharina Piontek, Meike Shedden‐Mora Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Critical appraisal of nonrandomized studies —A review of recommended and commonly used tools
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice)
Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - February 27, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Joan M.QuigleyMSc , Juliette C.ThompsonBSc (Hons) , Nicholas J.HalfpennyMSci , David A.ScottMSc Source Type: research

Prostate cancer screening: Beliefs and practices of the Brazilian physicians with different specialties
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, EarlyView. (Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice)
Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice - February 27, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Fernando Antonio GlasnerdaRocha AraujoMD, MSc, MBA, PhD , Ubirajara de OliveiraBarrosoJrMD, PhD Source Type: research