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American Family Physician October 15, 2004 Genevieve Ressel |
Newsletter Vaccine Manufacturer Expecting Delays in Distribution of Fluvirin... U.S. Census Bureau Report Confirms Rising Number of Uninsured Americans... CDC Reminds Physicians to Consider West Nile Virus in Pregnant Women... etc. |
American Family Physician July 1, 2000 Monica Preboth |
Practice Guidelines ACIP Issues Recommendations for the 2000-2001 Influenza Season |
American Family Physician March 15, 2006 Liz Smith |
Newsletter CDC Recommends Increased Influenza Vaccination in Health Care Staff... Health Initiative to Improve Cancer Therapy with Biomarker Evaluation... Pharmaceutical Association Supports Lower Priced Drugs Act... etc. |
American Family Physician September 15, 2003 Matthew Neff |
Newsletter AAFP Launches Initiative to Strengthen Patients' Voices in Congress... New Guide Available Online to Help Physicians Counsel Older Drivers... Fact Sheet Outlines Health Issues for Patients to Address with Physicians... etc. |
American Family Physician November 15, 2000 Rosemarie Sweeney & Toni Lapp |
Newsletter Coalition Report Focuses on Care at the End of Life... AHRQ Urges Research on Bioterrorism Threat... AAFP Members Deliver Care Packages to Azerbaijan... HHS Creates Organ Transplant Advisory Panel... Healthy People Encouraged to Wait for Influenza Vaccine... |
American Family Physician January 1, 2002 Brian J. Kingston & Charles V. Wright, Jr. |
Influenza in the Nursing Home Although influenza affects persons of all ages, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified several groups who are at increased risk for complications. One such group is residents of nursing homes or other long-term care facilities... |
American Family Physician May 15, 2005 Carrie A. Morantz |
Newsletter AAFP Urges Members to Use Vaccine Prebooking Plan for Next Flu Season... NIH Starts Global Network for Research Training on Trauma and Injury... Healthy People 2010 Achieves Goal of Reducing Foodborne Illnesses... etc. |
American Family Physician November 15, 2003 |
Newsletter AAFP Congress of Delegates Changes Name of Specialty to Family Medicine... HHS Report Shows Increases in Life Expectancy, Incidence of Diabetes... CDC, AAFP to Work Together on Immunization Project... etc. |
American Family Physician June 15, 2004 Genevieve Ressel |
Newsletter Robert Graham Center Releases Study of Medical Errors Based on Malpractice Cases... Guideline on Otitis Media with Effusion Urges Watchful Waiting... CDC Launches Autism Awareness Campaign... etc. |
American Family Physician December 15, 2006 Liz Smith |
Newsletter Medicare Beneficiaries Advised to Review Drug Plan Changes for 2007... AAFP Federal Advocacy Efforts Will Focus on Physician Payment Reform... Pay-for-Performance Incentives Used by One Half of Surveyed HMOs... etc. |
American Family Physician January 1, 2003 Norman J. Montalto |
An Office-Based Approach to Influenza: Clinical Diagnosis and Laboratory Testing Vaccination is the primary measure for preventing morbidity and mortality from influenza. During the influenza season, family physicians must distinguish influenza from the common cold and other flu-like illnesses. |
American Family Physician December 15, 2000 |
Letters to the Editor On Pneumococcal Vaccine Recommendations... etc. |
Insurance & Technology August 9, 2010 Nathan Golia |
Humana, Athenahealth Partner to Spur EHR Adoption The health insurer joins a growing list of peers providing financial or other incentives to providers to adopt electronic health records. |
American Family Physician April 15, 2005 |
Newsletter Demand for Subspecialists May Jeopardize Public Health... CDC Survey Reveals Limited Use of Electronic Health Records Systems... SAMHSA Offers $12.4 Million in Grants for Child Trauma Initiative... etc. |
American Family Physician May 15, 2006 Liz Smith |
Newsletter CMS to Cover Shortfalls in States' Children's Health Insurance Funds... Reports Find Costs Restrict Health Technology Implementation... Family Physician Gives Invited Testimony on EHR Difficulties... etc. |
American Family Physician May 15, 2004 Genevieve Ressel |
Newsletter NIH Announces New National Diabetes Education Program Resources... Journals Publish Robert Graham Center Research Articles... etc. |
American Family Physician October 15, 2005 Carrie Morantz |
Newsletter Hurricane Katrina May Stall Pay-for-Performance Legislation... Medicare Deadline Flexible for Patients With 'Creditable Coverage'... Research Finds Low EHR Adoption Rates for Physician Groups... etc. |
American Family Physician November 15, 2006 Liz Smith |
Newsletter AAFP adopts new physician workforce policy to counter family physicians shortage... Medicare and Medicaid services propose allowing use of part D data for research initiatives... etc. |
American Family Physician May 15, 2004 Evans & McNeill |
Quantum Sufficit - Just Enough Data from a 2000 report prepared for the American Association of Suicidology... Although standard influenza vaccine was in short supply during the past flu season... etc. |
American Family Physician July 15, 2005 Carrie Morantz |
Newsletter AMA, AAFP Act to Protect Patients' Access to Prescriptions... AHRQ Releases Updated Guide to Clinical Preventive Services... HHS Awards $80.5 Million in Grants to Reduce Infant Mortality Rates... etc. |
American Family Physician August 1, 2000 Rosemarie Sweeney & Verna Rose |
Newsletter Private Industry, Academia Team Up on HIV Vaccine... AAFP Voices Support for Medicare Fee Increase... Cigars to Carry Health Warning Labels... States Lack Asthma Tracking System, Says CDC... The Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act Is Implemented... Clinton Orders Medicare to Cover Clinical Trials for Seniors... |
American Family Physician December 1, 2000 Norman J. Montalto |
Updated Treatment for Influenza A and B The prevention of influenza is best accomplished with a broad-based immunization program... |
American Family Physician October 15, 2006 Liz Smith |
Newsletter Physician Leaders, Congress Discuss Medicare Physician Payment Cuts... Insurance Data May Build Pressure for Overhaul of Health Care System... IOM Finds Investment of Resources Inadequate to Address Obesity Crisis... etc. |
American Family Physician April 15, 2006 Liz Smith |
Newsletter Medicaid Cost Sharing and Premiums May Reduce Physician Revenues... AMA Supports Amendment on Cuts to Medicare Physician Payments... Increase in Candidates Matched into Family Medicine Residencies... etc. |
Managed Care October 2000 Kevin A. Wilson |
Public Policy Largely Ignores Adult Immunization Needs Although four fifths of the nation's children are fully immunized, tens of thousands of adults die each year from diseases preventable by vaccination... |
American Family Physician March 15, 2004 |
Medicine and Society According to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau in September 2003, 1 43.6 million Americans did not have health insurance in 2002, a figure that represents an increase of 2.4 million persons from 2001 |
HBS Working Knowledge March 26, 2014 Dina Gerdeman |
How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity Electronic health records are sweeping through the medical field, but some doctors report a disturbing side effect. Instead of becoming more efficient, some practices are becoming less so. Robert Huckman's research explains why. |
American Family Physician December 15, 2005 Sarah J. Evans |
Newsletter AAFP, ACP, AOA Urge Congress to Stop Medicare Payment Cuts... HHS Awards Emergency Health Care Aid to Louisiana Katrina Victims... HHS Grants Contracts for Nationwide Health Information Network... etc. |
American Family Physician November 15, 2005 Sarah J. Evans |
Newsletter AAFP Survey Shows Increased Use of EHR Systems by FPs... AHRQ Launches New Health Care Program... AAFP Asks Members to Join Title VII Campaign... AHRQ Rewards Over $22.3 Million for Health Information Technology... etc. |
American Family Physician September 15, 2004 Genevieve Ressel |
Newsletter AFMO Launches Web Site for Family Medicine Research... CMS Eliminates Grace Period for Expired Codes... AAFP Publishes Resource for Starting a Medical Practice... AAFP Board Approves Recommendation to Double EB CME Credit... etc. |
American Family Physician August 15, 2004 |
Newsletter CMS Issues Notice Warning Physicians to Protect Medicare Provider Identification Numbers from Fraudulent Employees... Veterans Returning from Combat Zones Rely on Family Physicians for Mental Health Screening... etc. |
American Family Physician August 15, 2006 Liz Smith |
Newsletter IOM Report Finds Medication Errors Injure 1.5 Million Persons Annually... CCHIT Completes First Round of Ambulatory EHR Product Certification... AAFP Study Examines Reasons for Family Medicine Residency Closures... etc. |
American Family Physician July 15, 2004 Genevieve Ressel |
Newsletter FDA Warns Against Using Domperidone to Increase Breast Milk Production... AAFP Members Visit Lawmakers in Washington, D.C... CDC Reports Data on Suicide Behaviors, Risk Factors, and Prevention... etc. |
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2011 Ben Comer |
An IOU to Big Pharma Regarding EHR It's a work in progress among electronic health records providers to offer a clear bridge between pharma and physicians. |
American Family Physician October 15, 2000 Monica Preboth |
Clinical Briefs AAFP Recommendations on Influenza and PPV Vaccinations... Cocaine Abuse Among Athletes... Risedronate Sodium for Osteoporosis... Linezolid for Gram-positive Bacteria Infection... Expanded FDA Web Site Provides Cancer-Related Information... |
American Family Physician June 15, 2006 Liz Smith |
Newsletter Panel Advocates Changes in FDA Regulation of Dietary Supplements... Health Information Community Delivers First Recommendations... Medical Liability Reform Bill Fails to Reach Senate Floor... etc. |
American Family Physician July 15, 2003 Sur et al. |
Vaccinations in Pregnancy Routine vaccines that generally are safe to administer during pregnancy include diphtheria, tetanus, influenza, and hepatitis B. Other vaccines, such as meningococcal and rabies, may be considered. |
American Family Physician July 15, 2006 Liz Smith |
Newsletter AMA Announces New Policies on DTC Advertising, Price Transparency... AAP Supports Recommendations of IOM Emergency Care Report... CDC Urges Awareness of Measles in Travelers to World Cup... etc. |
American Family Physician May 1, 2006 Margo & Winn |
Testosterone Treatments: Why, When, and How? Testosterone treatment is controversial for men and even more so for women. Although long-term outcome data are not available, prescriptions for testosterone are becoming more common. |
Bio-IT World Dec 2005/Jan 2006 Mark D. Uehling |
Convergence of EHR and EDC The hypothesized convergence of applications and databases for drug development, clinical trials, hospitals, and physicians is both closer and more distant. |
American Family Physician February 15, 2003 |
Antiviral Drugs in the Immunocompetent Host: Part II. Treatment of Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections |
Managed Care August 2006 Neil Versel |
A Conversation with Molly Coye, MD, MPH: Building the Paperless Health Care System After years and years of talk, a community of health plans, governments, and providers is getting serious about the beneficial exchange of health care data. |
American Family Physician January 15, 2006 Liz Smith |
Newsletter New Grants Support Exchange of Local and State Health Information... Research Training Grants Awarded to Help Fight AIDS and Tuberculosis... FDA Warns Companies Marketing Fraudulent Therapies for Avian Flu... etc. |
American Family Physician February 15, 2007 |
Newsletter Health Care Alliance Announces Proposal to Cover Uninsured... Health Coverage, Physician Payment Are Priorities for AAFP Chapters... Supreme Court Refuses to Hear NRMP Antitrust Lawsuit... etc. |
American Family Physician November 15, 2004 Genevieve Ressel |
Newsletter AAFP Selects New Officers and Board Members for Upcoming Year... AAFP Chooses 2005 Family Physician of the Year... Physicians in Shortage Areas Will Get Bonus Fee Payment in 2005... etc. |
Managed Care June 2005 Martin Sipkoff |
The Re-Emergence of the Primary Care Physician A new model of care developed by the American Academy of Family Physicians places primary care physicians back at the center of care delivery. |
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2013 Ben Comer |
Share of Screen: Prioritizing Electronic Health Records Are electronic health records a viable channel for engagement? |
American Family Physician December 1, 2002 Sanford R. Kimmel |
Vaccine Adverse Events: Separating Myth from Reality Vaccines have turned many childhood diseases into distant memories in industrialized countries. However, questions have been raised about the safety of some vaccines because of rare but serious adverse effects that have been attributed to them. |
American Family Physician March 15, 2004 |
Newsletter A recent report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) urges educators and other groups to focus more attention on strategies for reducing barriers that deny minorities access to careers in the health professions. |
American Journal of Nursing July 2007 Victoria J. Davey |
Questions and Answers on Pandemic Influenza Striking a balance between risk and preparedness. |