An educational intervention for providers to promote bone health in high-risk older patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 291-296

  Simone, Mark J ^a,b,c   Roberts, David H ^a,b   Irish, Julie T ^a   Neeman, Naama ^a   Schulze, Joanne E ^a   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^a,c   Schwartzstein, Richard ^a,c   Aronson, Mark D ^a,c   Tan, Zaldy S ^a,d  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; COPD; education; osteoporosis; prevention

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79951626871     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03240.x     Document Type: Article

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