Posts by Steven J. Atlas, MD, MPH
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Primary Care Screening for Atrial Fibrillation in Older Adults Feasible But Inefficient
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers and colleagues found routine screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) using hand-held single-lead electrocardiography was accepted by 91% of older adults at primary care clinics, but screening did not significantly increase new AF diagnoses compared with usual care.
Biography
Dr. Atlas received his MD degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, and a master's degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. He trained in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and completed a fellowship in general medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Atlas is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a Physician in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Mass General, where he is a practicing primary care physician. He is the director of the primary care practice-based research and quality network and the Medical Director implementing population health management within primary care practices at Mass General. He is a medical editor for Healthwise, a non-profit company with a mission to help people make better health decisions, and with UpToDate, a comprehensive evidence-based electronic clinical information resource for clinicians.
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