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Managed Care November 2004 John Carroll	Electronic Medical Records: High Hopes Meet Harsh Reality Nobody doubts that the electronic medical record will promote better medicine, but at what cost? And to whom? Providers fear that they will bear the weight.
Managed Care November 2004 Martin Sipkoff	OTC Status for Low-Dose Lovastatin Would Have Widespread Implications The FDA stands poised to approve OTC low-dose statins, following a similar change in United Kingdom.
Managed Care November 2004	Measuring Outpatient Outcomes of Emesis and Nausea Management in Pregnant Women In this study, outpatient management was effective in controlling nausea and vomiting during pregnancy and was associated with a reduced need for hospital or emergency room treatment as well as reduced costs.
Managed Care November 2004 John A. Marcille	Following Great Britain's Lead on EMR and (Maybe) OTC Statins The U.S. can still learn a thing or two from their older British cousins about a national Electronic Medical Records system.
Managed Care November 2004 Jack Ebeler	Congress Should Provide Incentives For Adoption of EMR Systems One important way that we can improve care for people with chronic diseases is to have medical records that are online and accessible when needed.
Managed Care November 2004	Headlines On Deadline... What goes around comes around. At least that's what critics of the pharmaceutical industry seem to be saying as they gloat over reports that Novartis wants its employees to use more generic and over-the-counter medications.
Managed Care November 2004 John Carroll	Medicare Formulary Model Seen by Many as Too Inclusive The issue is how extensive the list of covered medications should be for the new Medicare pharmaceutical benefit. The stakes are enormous.
Managed Care November 2004	Abandonment of Capitation May Inflate MCO's Costs Medical groups and IPAs in strong managed care markets are significantly less likely to use fee-for-service methods to pay their physician members than are organizations in markets with less managed care presence.
Managed Care November 2004	Tiered Formularies Open the Potential for Lack of Access to Needed Drugs Tiered formularies that have additional incentives for preferred medications could create the potential for therapeutic compromises.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2004 Brian Gorman	Rational Exuberance Nektar received a positive boost from Pfizer's announcement that it will seek approval for Exubera, an inhaled form of insulin. The drug delivery specialist's stock promptly surged, closing up 23% yesterday.
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