U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)-Related Articles, February 13, 2015

BMJ Quality and Safety
Colla CH, Sequist TD, Rosenthal MB, Schpero WL, Gottlieb DJ, Morden NE. Use of non-indicated cardiac testing in low-risk patients: Choosing Wisely. BMJ Qual Saf 2015 Feb; 24(2):149-53. [Cites USPSF recommendations on screening for coronary heart disease with electrocardiography (Ann Intern Med, 2012).] Select to access the abstract.

Health Affairs
Ubel PA, Asch DA. Creating value in health by understanding and overcoming resistance to de-innovation. Health Aff 2015 Feb; 34(2):239-44. [Cites USPSTF recommendation statements, Screening for Prostate Cancer and Screening for Breast Cancer, as published on the USPSTF Web site.] Select to access the abstract.

Carroll JD, Shuren J, Jensen TS, Hernandez J, Holmes D, Marinac-Dabic D, Edwards FH, Zuckerman BD, Wood LL, Kuntz RE, Mack MJ. Transcatheter valve therapy registry is a model for medical device innovation and surveillance. Health Aff 2015 Feb; 34(2):328-34. [Mentions USPSTF recommendations on prostate cancer screening; cites AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program publication, Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User’s Guide, 2010.] Select to access the abstract.

JAMA
Sondak VK, Glass LF, Geller AC. Risk-stratified screening for detection of melanoma. JAMA 2015 Feb 10; 313(6):616-7. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for skin cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2009). Select to access the abstract.

Journal of General Internal Medicine
Fiscella K, Winters PC, Mendoza M, Noronha GJ, Swanger CM, et al. Do clinicians recommend aspirin to patients for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease? J Gen Intern Med 2015 Feb; 30(2):155-60. [Uses USPSTF risk cut-offs for the use of aspirin in preventing myocardial infarction (Ann Intern Med, 2002).] Select to access the abstract.

Le KB, Johnson JA, Seale JP, Woodall H, Clark DC, et al. Primary care residents lack comfort and experience with alcohol screening and brief intervention: a multi-site survey. J Gen Intern Med 2015 Jun; 30(6):790-6. [Uses definitions and criteria from USPSTF recommendations on screening and behavioral counseling interventions in primary care to reduce alcohol misuse (Ann Intern Med, 2013 and 2004) and associated evidence review (Ann Intern Med, 2004).] Select to access the abstract.

Medical Decision Making
Eisemann N, Waldmann A, Garbe C, Katalinic A. Development of a microsimulation of melanoma mortality for evaluating the effectiveness of population-based skin cancer screening. Med Decis Making 2015 Feb; 35(2):243-54. [Cites AHRQ evidence synthesis, Screening for Skin Cancer: An Update of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, 2009.] Select to access the abstract.