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Question: Among pediatricians, how can health information technology help implement Expert Committee Recommendations1 for childhood obesity management?
Question type: Descriptive
Study design: Telephone survey
Researchers from several New England institutions sought to ascertain pediatricians’ current approach to obesity screening and management, familiarity with and use of expert recommendations (the Expert Report1) and use of health information technology (HIT) in obesity screening and management, and suggestions for potential HIT innovations. They conducted in-depth telephone interviews, using open-ended questions, with primary care pediatricians from two multisite group practices with ethnically diverse patients in the Boston area.
The 32 participating pediatricians averaged 24 years post-medical school graduation. Their estimates for the percentage of their patients over 2 years old with a body mass index (BMI) …
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