Cholesterol screening: introducing new technology from the ontario task force on the use and provision of medical services.

The Ontario Task Force on the Use and Provision of Medical Services has recognized an opportunity in the confusion resulting from discrepancies in the recommendations between the Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination and the Canadian Consensus Conference on Cholesterol. The Task Force has attempted to clarify some of the issues on dietary cholesterol and elevated serum levels for the practising physician and to assess the formulation and dissemination of guidelines on how to use new technology. The Toronto Working Group on Cholesterol was commissioned by the Task Force to conduct a critical review of the current evidence and to delineate the defensible parameters for clinical policy in this field. The voluntary guidelines produced from this process were then disseminated to physicians in Ontario.