As part of a special project in collaboration with the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and with funding from the BC College of Oral Health Professionals (BCCOHP), the Therapeutics Initiative mailed an individual Portrait on prescribing for dental infections to approximately 4000 dentists in BC. Dentists were randomized to three groups to receive different combinations of individual prescribing portraits and a Therapeutics Letter. Dentists receive one of two slightly different Portraits. The Portraits were mailed to the early group in October 2023 and to the delayed group in April 2024.
The Therapeutics Initiative produced and distributed individual Portraits on prescribing and ordering of bisphosphonates and DEXA scans for patients over 50 years old to approximately 6000 clinicians (physicians and nurse practitioners) in BC. Of the...
The Therapeutics Initiative produced and distributed individual prescribing Portraits on prescribing of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (2017-2021) to approximately 5000 clinicians in BC. Eligible clinicians (primary care physicians...
An individual Portrait on prescribing the non-opioid pain medications gabapentin, pregabalin, and cyclobenzaprine was sent to approximately 6000 family doctors in BC. Physicians have been randomly divided into two groups to receive the Portrait at...