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Providers were given initial education on the low back pain guideline in early 1999 generic 20 mg tadalafil free shipping, soon after the implementation kickoff conference. Reeducation on the guideline was given to providers in the internal medicine and family practice clinics at their respective December 1999 quality improvement meetings, which also covered the asthma and diabetes guidelines. The MTF staff estimated that 60 percent of providers at the family prac- tice clinic and 80 percent of providers in the internal medicine clinic had been introduced to the low back pain guideline. In addition, providers were not aware that CME credits were available for education on the low back pain practice guideline. About 60 percent of the TMC providers were estimated to have re- ceived some training on the guideline. The low back pain champion also had responsibility to provide monthly reviews and reminders re- garding the low back pain guideline at TMC staff meetings, although the new champion gave no indication that he had followed through on this function. For instance, two PAs interviewed at a TMC said they were familiar with the guideline, but they were unaware that their practice of frequently prescribing muscle relaxants was not recom- mended by the guideline. Most of the changes in administrative procedures in response to the low back pain guideline were made at the TMCs, reflecting Site B’s implementation strategy. Medics had been instructed to have patients fill out the form and to place it in the Reports from the Final Round of Site Visits 131 patient’s chart or have it available for the providers. Some providers resisted use of the form, calling it "paper pushing" and not useful. No compliance audit of the use of form 695-R was conducted, but PT staff estimated that the form was present in the chart for about 50 percent of the low back pain patients they saw. No procedural changes in support of the implementation of the low back pain guideline were made in either the family practice clinic or the internal medicine clinic. Neither clinic decided to use form 695-R in the processing of low back pain patients, and none of the individ- ual providers interviewed from these clinics used it either. Providers also did not use the standardized profile, even though the MTF staff had identified "a large variance in temporary profiles" as an issue (as documented in our three-month site visit report). At the time of our first site visit, the MTF had only one physical ther- apist, and hence, referrals to PT were discouraged. Most referrals were made to the two chiropractors participating in the Army chiro- practic demonstration.
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