title: Implementing the National Cholesterol Education Program's update to the ATP III report.
abstract: The National Cholesterol Education Program's Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III) report is widely used to establish risk-reduction target goals. The recent update to NCEP ATP III outlines additional treatment options for certain patient populations. The ambiguity inherent in providing optional therapeutic targets poses a challenge to disease management programs that establish standardized procedures requiring approval from physicians who refer patients to their programs. This report outlines a strategy for adapting the treatment option language into a viable standardized procedure.
authors.affiliation: Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California, USA. Jpalmieri@chw.edu
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Palmieri
mesh_terms: D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D008078:Cholesterol, LDL