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American Family Physician June 15, 2005 Carrie A. Morantz |
Newsletter Medicaid Expected to Top States' Health Care Agendas in 2005... NRMP Rules Out Second Residency Match... CMS Proposes New Rule on Hospice Care for Medicare Patients... Congressional Bill Encourages Use of Health Information Technology... etc. |
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 September 15, 2005 Carrie Morantz |
Newsletter AAFP Web Resource Answers Questions About Medicare Part D ... Ambulatory Care Quality Standards Endorsed by NQF... NIGMS Allocates $9 Million to Centers for Stem Cell Research... etc. |
American Family Physician March 15, 2007 |
Newsletter Title VII Funds Increase in 2007 Continuing Appropriations Resolution... Medicaid Enrollment Numbers Fall After Introduction of New Rule... AAFP Responds to HPV Vaccination Requirement for School Entry... 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. |
American Family Physician January 15, 2007 |
Newsletter Congress Passes Legislation That Prevents Medicare Payment Cut... Congress Approves Extension of Physicians for Underserved Areas Act... HHS Unveils Four Cornerstones of Value-Driven Health Care System... 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. |
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 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 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 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. |
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2011 |
Off-Label But On Point? Use of off-label drugs is a balancing act for physicians, and poses even more problems for pharma. The FDA is moving slowly to help. |
Searcher Jul/Aug 2010 Tara Breton |
What's in the Patient's Medical Bill? If you want more understanding of medical billing, here are the basics of the U.S. medical reimbursement system that will hopefully assist you along with web resources on this subject. |
American Family Physician February 15, 2003 |
Newsletter House Bill May Reclaim Title VII Family Practice Training Funds... Health Care Spending in the United States Increased by 8.7 Percent in 2001... Two Surveys Demonstrate Negative Economic Impact of Medicaid Reductions... AHRQ Releases Fact Book on Women's Health Care in U.S. Hospitals... FDA Establishes Task Force on Consumer Nutrition Health Information... |
Reason February 2009 Ronald Bailey |
E.R. Crowding A study blames a rising population, a falling number of emergency departments, and understaffing that prevents stabilized patients from being admitted to other parts of the hospital. |
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2011 Jill Wechsler |
Educating Physicians A communications program is the main component of a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy to promote safe use of extended-release or long-acting opioids, which have been the subject of FDA/industry negotiations for several years. |
American Family Physician July 15, 2003 Matthew Neff |
Newsletter CDC Web Page Provides Up-To-Date Information on Monkeypox... HHS Streamlines FDA Regulations for Generic Drug Approvals... AHRQ Releases Men's Health Brochure for Screening Tests and Staying Healthy... Coalition Announces Agenda for Addressing the Issue of Low Health Literacy... 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 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 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 February 15, 2006 Liz Smith |
Newsletter FDA Announces New Prescription Drug Information Format... ASTM International Develops Continuity of Care Record... HHS Launches Project to Test Electronic Prescribing for Medicare Part D... etc. |
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2012 Sue Barrowcliffe |
Real World Insights Commercial teams as well as patients can benefit from managed access programs, which are designed to provide access to medicines outside of the clinical and commercial setting, for patients who have no other available treatment options. |
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2012 Feam & Lagus |
Providing Access Now While regulatory frameworks and medical practices differ between countries, many patients still need early access to new drugs. Industry can help. |
American Family Physician November 1, 2000 Allen L. Hixon & Ronald W. Chapman |
Medicine and Society Healthy People 2010: The Role of Family Physicians in Addressing Health Disparities... |
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. |
Knowledge@Wharton August 27, 2003 |
Code Blue: Combating Rising Healthcare Costs Calls for Strong Medicine It's been said many times over that the U.S. healthcare industry is a sick patient in search of a cure. The metaphor is a grim reflection of how the country is coping with an aging population, rising costs and an inefficient healthcare delivery system. |
The Motley Fool September 1, 2010 Brian Orelli |
Dendreon: One Step Closer to Worry-Free Back in July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that it planned on reviewing the reimbursement for Dendreon's prostate cancer treatment Provenge. |
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 October 1, 2005 Jan Fitzpatrick |
Public Relations: Desperately Seeking Value Regulatory angst cools growth in budgets for continuing medical education (CME). The future challenge for CME will be to find that common ground where the interests of academic medicine, medical societies, and practicing physicians intersect. |
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. |
The Motley Fool September 7, 2010 Luke Timmerman |
Vertex Nails Third Big Trial With Hepatitis C Drug And in the toughest patients to treat, too. |
The Motley Fool August 29, 2011 Brian Orelli |
Drug Approved for Few Patients -- but That's OK The age of personalized medicine is upon us. Earlier this month, the FDA approved Roche's melanoma drug Zelboraf for patients with a specific mutation in BRAF. And on Friday, the agency approved Pfizer's Xalkori for lung cancer patients that are ALK-positive. |
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. |
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2011 Jerry Coamey |
Engage the Physician! New research shows that gauging the mind of the clinician is crucial to timely uptake of the new diagnostic tools offered by the genomic revolution |
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2006 Anne Goodrich |
Marketing to Professionals: Doctors Get Jump on Continuing Education Doctors turn to multiple CME channels for more than just credits. |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2006 |
Marketing to Professionals: Ensuring Equality An interview with the National Medical Association president and medical director of the Northwest Indiana Dialysis Center on the racial issues surrounding enrollment of seniors in Medicare Part D, targeted advertising and promotion, and participation of minorities in clinical trials. |
Managed Care December 2005 Ricardo Guggenheim |
Putting EBM To Work (Easier Said Than Done) Through widespread implementation of evidence-based medicine, the United States has its best chance of erasing the variations in care that currently extract such huge costs -- both human and financial -- from the health care system. |
The Motley Fool February 24, 2011 Brian Orelli |
Profit From Personalized Medicine Pfizer's drug works well, but consider these companies instead. |
The Motley Fool August 10, 2010 Ryan McBride |
Vertex's Telaprevir Clears Hurdle, Could Halve Treatment Times for Hepatitis C Study results are positive. |
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 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. |
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 July 1, 2000 Jennifer Devoe, M.D., M.Phil. |
Resident and Student Voice My Experiences at an 'Orphan' School: The Importance of Finding 'Parents' |
Managed Care February 2002 Alan M. Muney |
Evidence-Based Medicine Needs To Be Promoted More Vigorously This means using a carrot-and-stick approach with physicians. Those who respect the evidence should be rewarded; others should face penalties... |
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2005 Judy Williams |
Networking Physician demand for convenient ways to obtain continuing medical education credits is driving online-learning models - but not at the expense of live meetings. |
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 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 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 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 |