Is lack of multidisciplinary collaboration a barrier to outcomes research?
These findings support the assertion that lack of multidisciplinary involvement is a barrier to generating evidence of nutrition therapy effectiveness. Educators, health care professionals, and dietitians must model and encourage multidisciplinary, collaborative outcomes research in diverse practice settings.
Computerized exercise ST measurements are comparable to visual ST measurements by a cardiologist; computerized scores that included clinical and exercise test results exhibited the greatest diagnostic power. Applying scores with a computer allows the practicing physician to improve the diagnostic characteristics of the standard exercise test. This approach is successful even when there is resting ST depression, thus lessening the need for more expensive nuclear or imaging studies.