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Is Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening “Proven Ineffective Care”?

Michael J. Barry, MD; Peter C. Albertsen, MD

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This article was published at www.annals.org on 23 February 2016.
  • From Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, and University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut.

    Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M15-3025.

    Requests for Single Reprints: Michael J. Barry, MD, General Medicine Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Staniford Street, Suite 802, Boston, MA 02114; e-mail, mbarry@mgh.harvard.edu.

    Current Author Addresses: Dr. Barry: General Medicine Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Staniford Street, Suite 802, Boston, MA 02114.

    Dr. Albertsen: Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3955.

    Author Contributions: Conception and design: M.J. Barry, P.C. Albertsen.

    Drafting of the article: M.J. Barry, P.C. Albertsen.

    Critical revision of the article for important intellectual content: P.C. Albertsen.

    Final approval of the article: M.J. Barry, P.C. Albertsen.

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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement Triple Aim framework promotes the following 3 goals: improving the patient experience of care (both quality and satisfaction), improving the health of the population, and reducing per capita costs of care (1). Most measures for health care quality address the first 2 aims by focusing on the delivery of effective care. For example, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) maintains sets of quality measures that address care delivered in various environments. Examples include prescription of aspirin at discharge for patients who were admitted with acute myocardial infarction and administration of the influenza vaccine to older adults. These measures are designed to promote proven, effective clinical interventions.
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Barry MJ, Albertsen PC. Is Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening “Proven Ineffective Care”?. Ann Intern Med. 2016;164:687–688. doi: 10.7326/M15-3025

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2016;164(10):687-688.

DOI: 10.7326/M15-3025

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