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Nursing Management January 2012 Lawrence et al. |
Type 2 Diabetes: Growing to Epic Proportions Affecting all age groups and all aspects of a person's life, diabetes is a major public health issue worldwide, requiring lifelong behavioral and lifestyle changes and support. |
BusinessWeek February 4, 2010 |
How Disease Management Works Providers have convinced many big employers that their services save money and improve employee health. |
Managed Care May 2006 Martin Sipkoff |
Health Plans Are Ill-Prepared for Looming Diabetes Epidemic The problem is outpacing insurers' resources and perhaps even their commitment. Can the chronic care model help? |
BusinessWeek October 22, 2009 Arlene Weintraub |
Tough Love, Lower Health Costs A UnitedHealthcare plan offers incentives to employees who strictly control their diabetes. |
BusinessWeek February 4, 2010 Terhune & Weintraub |
Take Your Meds, Exercise -- and Spend Billions Washington wants to pump big money into so-called disease management, though there's scant evidence that it works. |
Nurse Practitioner October 2010 Hill & Appel |
Diagnosing Diabetes with A1C: Implications and Considerations for Measurement and Surrogate Markers Now that the ADA has officially positioned the assay as a means of diagnosis and monitoring, it is another tool NPs must access properly when helping patients manage diabetes and treatment. |
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2005 |
Changing Diabetes An interview with Novo Nordisk's president of U.S. operations Martin Soeters on how a nation that leads the world in diabetes research does such a poor job of treating it. Here, he offers some solutions. |
Nursing May 2010 Debra Castner |
Understanding the stages of chronic kidney disease This article will help you to recognize CKD and understand its stages so you can help your patient to modify risk factors, prevent further kidney damage, and manage complications. First, consider the scope of the problem. |
Nurse Practitioner March 2012 Baumann & Dang |
Helping Patients with Chronic Conditions Overcome Barriers to Self-Care Here are approaches nurse practitioners can use to reduce or eliminate barriers to self-care in adults with chronic conditions. |
AskMen.com April 29, 2001 Joshua Levine |
Do You Have Diabetes? Diabetes is not contagious; people cannot "catch" it from one another. However, certain factors can increase one's risk of developing the disease... |
Managed Care October 2004 Martin Sipkoff |
Not So Much of a Reach: Let Sick Pay Less for Drugs The idea is radical and simple: Those who need medication the most should pay the least. There is evidence that this is cost-effective. |
The Motley Fool September 23, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Ugly Side Effects Won't Derail This Drug Side effects don't matter much when there are no other treatment options, as in Cushing's disease. |
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2013 Ben Comer |
Brand of the Year: Januvia When Merck's Januvia received its first regulatory approval, in Mexico in 2006, no one predicted its long-term success. In 2012, the company's diabetes franchise became the highest-selling product family in Merck's 122-year history. |
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2011 Jennifer Ringler |
The Adherence Fight: A TKO? Why does the match against medicines compliance always seem to end in an easy knockout? |
The Motley Fool June 28, 2010 Luke Timmerman |
Orexigen Drug Shows Potential as "Two-Fer" Against Obesity and Diabetes Orexigen's latest drug aims at treating both diabetes and obesity. |
Nursing July 2011 Susan Simmons |
Recognizing and Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis Here's what rheumatoid arthritis is, how it's diagnosed and treated, and what you can do to help patients manage the disease. |
IEEE Spectrum October 2011 Joseph M. Smith |
Wireless Health Care Wireless technologies are about to transform health care, and not a moment too soon |
Managed Care May 2007 Rachel M. Renshaw |
Keys to Diabetes Control? Patience, Persistence, and Perseverance Careful attention to a comprehensive treatment plan could forestall or prevent the need to add drugs and costs to a patient's regimen. |
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2008 Gayle Lorenzi et al. |
Spanning the Treatment Gap How a diabetes field team helped docs overcome the treatment gap. |
BusinessWeek April 30, 2010 Drew Armstrong |
The Lobbying for Death by Diabetes How a health-reform provision may help spur sales of insulin. |
Nursing January 2011 Carl A. Kirton |
HIV: The Changing Epidemic Since its emergence in the early 1980s, HIV infection in the United States has evolved from an acute debilitating condition to a chronic, treatable illness. |
BusinessWeek November 12, 2009 Catherine Arnst |
10 Ways to Cut Health-Care Costs Right Now Employers and hospitals don't have to wait for Congress to address inefficiencies and waste. |
The Motley Fool June 9, 2011 Brian Orelli |
XOMA Breaks Bad News to Investors XOMA 052 continues to be a disaster in diabetes. |
Managed Care October 2007 Martin Sipkoff |
Asheville's Legacy: Pharmacy Moves From Dispensing to Clinical Management It is an idea whose time has finally come: Today's clinical pharmacists are involved in virtually all aspects of medical care. |
BusinessWeek June 25, 2009 Catherine Arnst |
The Family Doctor: A Remedy for Health-Care Costs? How making primary-care physicians the center of America's health-care system could drive down costs. |
American Family Physician November 1, 2000 |
Diabetes: How Do I Know if I Have it? Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your body doesn't make enough of a hormone called insulin, or if your body doesn't use insulin the right way. If left untreated, it may result in blindness, heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure and amputations... |
Managed Care July 2007 Martin Sipkoff |
Lowering Copayments Can Improve Quality of Chronic Disease Care Employers and health plans are starting to see the advantage of what has been termed evidence-based benefit design. |
Pharmaceutical Executive April 10, 2014 Ben Comer |
Sickle Cell Disease In Three Acts Is there a happy ending in store for sickle cell patients? |
Managed Care February 2001 Michael S. Victoroff |
Helping Patients Make Informed Decisions Now Harder Thanks to Range of Treatment The duty of informed consent necessitates that physicians discuss with their patients the realistic expectations and risks associated with treatment. When no protocol shows a distinct advantage, there is no duty to inform, which creates an ethical problem for physicians... |
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2014 Ben Comer |
Take as Directed: From Force to Finesse in Promoting Adherence Healthcare players tout patient education and engagement as the keys to better drug adherence rates. Patients agree, as long as that translates to convenient and affordable access to therapy. |
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2013 Vansgaard et al. |
Develop Drugs for People, Not Just Bodies A patient-centric approach to drug development delivers the benefits that actually create value |
Managed Care March 2001 |
A Comparison of Diabetes Patients' Self-Reported Health Status With Hemoglobin A1c Test Results There were substantive differences noted between diabetes patients' self-reported health status, their level of satisfaction with the care they received, and the actual care they received... |
Nurse Practitioner September 2011 Cheryl L. Gainer |
Celiac Disease: Helping Patients Live Gluten-Free A review of the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of celiac disease. |
Managed Care January 2001 |
HealthPartners Sets Ambitious Member Goals Minneapolis-based HealthPartners is rolling out the next phase of its Partners for Better Health Program. New measures include outcomes standards for reduction of heart attacks, depression, and diabetes-related complications in its 660,000 members... |
Nurse Practitioner December 2011 |
Managing pain in obese patients Obesity-related pain conditions can limit the patient's efforts at increasing activity and limit quality of life. This article will offer information on these conditions and treatment options. |
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2012 Al Topin |
Doctors' Words No Longer Gospel In the digital age, physicians don't call the shots when it comes to healthcare guidance. Marketers must appeal to multiple sources in seeking ways to garner patient adherence and loyalty. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2012 Elys Roberts & Sarah Phillips |
The Emergence of the Pro-Patient How can pharma embrace and interact with increasingly informed and demanding patients to bring positive outcomes for all? |
Chemistry World June 13, 2013 Sonja Hampel |
Diabetes breath test overcomes humidity A cheaper and safer to produce a breath test for diabetes has been developed by scientists in Canada. The titanium nanoparticle-based sensor detects acetone, a biomarker of type 1 diabetes, even at 90% relative humidity. |
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2011 |
Patient Advocacy: The Last 30 Years The rise of advocacy groups has helped patients find their voice, but the power to change health profiles remains an elusive goal. |
American Family Physician January 15, 2004 Koenigsberg et al. |
Facilitating Treatment Adherence with Lifestyle Changes in Diabetes Healthy eating and increased physical activity can prevent or delay diabetes and its complications. Techniques that facilitate adherence to these lifestyle changes can be adapted to primary care. |
Nursing September 2010 Margaret M. Bolton |
Sounding the alarm about metabolic syndrome Any health problem that affects a third of American adults is sure to impact your nursing practice. Metabolic syndrome, a growing and commonly silent condition, poses a significant public health crisis. |
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2014 William Looney |
Dane in America Jesper Hoiland, Novo Nordisk's President for North America, assesses the challenges and opportunities during his first year at the helm of the diabetes franchise leader's biggest affiliate market. |
Managed Care June 2007 |
Seventy Percent Surge In Diabetes Spending Spending on endocrine and diabetes therapies could surge nearly 70% in the next two years, according to research. Diabetes treatments were the second leading contributor in total dollars to prescription drug spending growth in 2006. |
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2012 Robin Hertz |
The Endless Treadmill of End-of-Life Care Bending the cost curve back to valuing the cycle of life. |
Fast Company April 2012 Tara Moore |
Diane Curley Is Starting The Conversation To Curb Obesity This year, the U.S. government started a program for health-care innovators. One innovator, Diane Curly is treating obesity like any other disease or addiction and trains nurses to talk to patients about treatment. |
HBS Working Knowledge July 16, 2008 Porter et al. |
What Should Employers do About Health Care? Companies that cut health care costs without improving the overall value of care eventually pay a price in terms of employee absenteeism and chronic ailments. |
HHMI Bulletin Fall 2012 Sarah C. P. Williams |
The Fat You Can't See Without the liver acting as a filter and energy producer, a person can't survive, and no artificial organ can perform all of its duties. But in one in three Americans -- and similar numbers in other developed nations -- the liver has lost its luster. |
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2012 Lauri Mitchell |
Who Pays for Specialty Medicines? Providers and patients fish for that delicate balance between access and abandonment. |
The Motley Fool November 24, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Profit From the United States of Diabetes Half the country could have an early form by 2020. |
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider |
Razorfish Cofounder Raises $8 Million For Diabetes App A diabetes management app from the cofounder of Razorfish, the digital agency behind many Fortune 500 websites, just raised an $8 million funding round. |