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Old 07-06-2012, 04:22 PM   #1
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Since there are so many different organizations and they all have varying screening guidelines for a disease, does Step 2 go off of the USPSTF Screening Guidelines?
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Old 07-06-2012, 11:19 PM   #2
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According to MTB 2CK and DIT, you should go with the USPSTF guidelines because other organizations have a vested interest in giving extra attention to their own disease.
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I actually had a question or two that gave both a USPSTF guideline and specialty specific guideline as choices. I went with the USPTF...
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