Clinical Experience and Quality of Health Care
Authors: Elizabeth W. Loder
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2005)

Letters5 July 2005Clinical Experience and Quality of Health CareElizabeth W. Loder, MDElizabeth W. Loder, MDFrom Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-143-1-200507050-00019 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:I was surprised that Choudhry and colleagues (1) reported no potential financial conflicts of interest. One of the authors and his wife serve as co-editors in chief of the adult primary care section of UpToDate (2), described on its Web site as being “a comprehensive evidence-based clinical information resource available to physicians on the internet, CD-ROM, and Pocket PC…designed to get physicians the concise, practical answers they need when they need them the most—at the point of care” (3).In interviews following the article's publication, this author identified computerized databases as a principal solution to the quality ...References1. Choudhry NK, Fletcher RH, Soumerai SB. Systematic review: the Relationship Between Clinical Experience and Quality of Health Care. Ann Intern Med. 2005;142:260-73. [PMID: 15710959] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Meet the Editors. Accessed at www.uptodate.com/physicians/adult_primary_care_meet_editors.asp on 8 March 2005. Google Scholar3. What is UpToDate? A service description. Accessed at www.uptodate.com/service/index.asp on 8 March 2005. Google Scholar4. Bell L. Older doctors deliver lower quality care, research reveals. Accessed at www.abc.net.au/am/content/2005/s1303813.htm on 8 March 2005. Google Scholar5. Croasdale M. Older doctors not keeping up to date clinically, study says. Accessed at www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2005/03/07/prsb0307.htm on 8 March 2005. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.Disclosures: Dr. Loder has been a paid and unpaid consultant and content developer for commercial and nonprofit continuing medical education projects. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoSystematic Review: The Relationship between Clinical Experience and Quality of Health Care Niteesh K. Choudhry , Robert H. Fletcher , and Stephen B. Soumerai Clinical Experience and Quality of Health Care Niteesh K. Choudhry , Robert H. Fletcher , and Stephen B. Soumerai Clinical Experience and Quality of Health CareClinical Experience and Quality of Health Care Martin A. Samuels and Allan H. Ropper Clinical Experience and Quality of Health Care Roy M. Poses and Joseph A. Diaz Clinical Experience and Quality of Health Care Ronald S. Szabo Clinical Experience and Quality of Health Care Geoffrey R. Norman and Kevin W. Eva Metrics 5 July 2005Volume 143, Issue 1Page: 86KeywordsComputersConflicts of interestDatabasesDrugsHealth care qualityInternetMedical education ePublished: 5 July 2005 Issue Published: 5 July 2005 CopyrightCopyright © 2005 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...