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Managed Care
April 2001
Michael S. Victoroff |
Blame Science and Technology, Not HMOs, for Longer Office Visits Contrary to urban legend, the duration of primary care office visits has not shortened over the last decade. It has slightly lengthened, with HMO patients having longer visits than patients with other kinds of coverage...   |
Salon.com
April 20, 2001
Arianna Huffington |
The drug companies' racket Pharmaceutical giants are finally bending to worldwide public pressure on AIDS drugs, but we're still victims of their profiteering... |
American Family Physician
April 15, 2001
Robert E. Hoyt & Lester Shawn |
Reducing Readmissions for Congestive Heart Failure Hospital admission for congestive heart failure is extremely common and quite expensive, although it is frequently preventable... |
Wired
April 2001 |
Patient, Heal Thyself Well-informed patients, not doctors, are driving the synthesis of traditional and self-empowerment medicine... |
Fast Company
May 2001
Scott Kirsner |
Digital RX When leaders of the Detroit Medical Center launched a major financial turnaround two years ago, they saw that they had a big money problem. Here's how the DMC is using digital remedies to treat its fiscal condition... |
Managed Care
March 2001
Alan Heaton & Gina Westfall |
New Spin on Risk Assessment Demonstrated as Cost-Effective The authors argue that this method can enhance patient care by improving provider awareness, resulting in millions of dollars in savings... |
Managed Care
March 2001
Michael D. Dalzell |
Preventive Care: Can We Do a Better Job? HMOs place great stock in disease prevention, but some highly recommended services go uncovered. Plans and purchasers often don't agree on priorities... |
Managed Care
March 2001
Patrick Mullen |
John Kenagy This surgeon and Harvard scholar says better systems emerge when those who encounter problems firsthand design the improvements themselves... |
Managed Care
March 2001
Frank Diamond |
Don't Be Misled by the Hype: Credentialing -- Important, but Difficult HMOs may be trying harder, but PPOs seem less interested. Then there's the whole issue of credentialing's relationship to the licensure process... |
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... |
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