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There's No Place Like the "Medical Home"
Monday, October 27, 2008 - 05:43 AM - 3 weeks, 3 days ago - Newspaper & TV news - Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines Darrell G. Kirch, MD, President and CEO, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC, shares his position on the medical home. The Medscape Journal of Medicine |
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Opportunities to Improve Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment: Implications of the CMS Inpatient Hospital Care Present on Admission (POA) Indicators/Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC) Policy
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 02:55 PM - 3 weeks, 6 days ago - Newspaper & TV news - Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines Pressure ulcer prevention has been an ongoing concern, but new CMS reimbursement policies have changed reimbursement, necessitating immediate interdisciplinary improvements. Wounds |
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Bridging the Gap Between Two Cultures: An Analysis on Identity Attitudes and Attachment of Asian Americans
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 02:16 PM - 3 weeks, 6 days ago - Newspaper & TV news - Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines Western developmental/psychological theories do not apply to non-Westerners. Is attachment theory applicable to Asian Americans' social/psychological behaviors? What shapes their identity formation? Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention |
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Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Self-Rated Health Status Among Adults With and Without Disabilities -- United States, 2004 - 2006
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 01:44 PM - 3 weeks, 6 days ago - Newspaper & TV news - Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines Racial/ethnic disparities in self-rated health persist and prevalence of disability is higher among minorities. What are the differences in self-rated health status by race/ethnicity and disability? Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report |
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Beleaguered Nitromed Plans Exit From Bidil Business
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 11:30 AM - 3 weeks, 6 days ago - Newspaper & TV news - Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines The company has closed a deal to sell its only product to JHB Pharmaceuticals. Heartwire |
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U.S. Panel Urges More Cancer Research Funding
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 10:19 AM - 3 weeks, 6 days ago - Newspaper & TV news - Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines The U.S. government needs to step up funding for cancer research, which has stagnated this decade, as part of an effort to make beating cancer a national priority, a presidential advisory panel said on Thursday. Reuters Health Information |
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Physicians Often Prescribe "Placebo" Treatments
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 10:04 AM - 3 weeks, 6 days ago - Newspaper & TV news - Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines Many physicians routinely recommend placebo therapy - "treatment whose benefits derive from positive patient expectations and not from the physiological mechanism of the treatment itself" - a team of ethicists reports in the October 24 issue of BMJ Online First. Reuters Health Information |
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Pharmacy benefit brainstorm: Ultragenerics
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 06:15 AM - 3 weeks, 6 days ago - Blog - Health Business Blog The financial meltdown, recession, and growth in health care costs are a triple whammy, even for those with good insurance. As recently reported, mainstream patients are seeking out pharmaceutical company Patient Assistance Programs intended for the poor. Even generic drugs can be pricey if you have a lot of them. But I think I have a solution: the Ultrageneric formulary. This plan would feature efficacious products with very favorable side effect profiles and ultra-low costs. There should be strong acceptance from physicians because they are already happily prescribing these products. What’s the secret? My formulary would consist entirely of placebos. As the New York Times reports (Half of Doctors Routinely Prescribe Placebos ): Half of all American doctors responding to a nationwide survey say they regularly prescribe placebos to patients… In response to three questions included as part of the larger survey, about half reported recommending placebos regularly. Surveys in Denmark, Israel, Britain, Sweden and New Zealand have found similar results. The most common placebos the American doctors reported using were headache pills and vitamins, but a significant number also reported prescribing antibiotics and sedatives. Although these drugs, contrary to the usual definition of placebos, are not inert, doctors reported using them for their effect on patients’ psyches, not their bodies. In most cases, doctors who recommended placebos described them to patients as “a medicine not typically used for your condition but might benefit you,” the survey found. Only 5 percent described the treatment to patients as “a placebo.” I expect this new plan to be a smashing success. |
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Beyond a Dying Private Health Insurance Industry: A Hidden Solution in Plain View
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 05:50 AM - 3 weeks, 6 days ago - Newspaper & TV news - Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines John Geyman, MD, Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine, University of Washington, explains what will happen when the American health insurance industry dies. The Medscape Journal of Medicine |
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The vaccine approach to cancer has yet to succeed
Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 11:34 PM - 3 weeks, 6 days ago - Newspaper & TV news - GLG News(sm): Healthcare Be cautious of vaccine approaches to cancer No cancer has had success with the use of vaccine therapy We are far from figuring out the reason for failure of vaccines to treat cancer |
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