USPSTF Recommendations--2015 Update: Use in Primary Care and Other Practices

Each year, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force makes recommendations on the preventive services the nation's doctors and other health care providers should offer their patients. Although clinicians may be aware of these recommendations, they may not always know how best to implement them in practice. This article provides an explanation of how the Task Force arrives at its decisions and what its recommendations mean. It highlights recent changes to recommendations that represent significant changes for practice, and presents cases illustrating ways to apply the recommendations to individual patients.