Medical

Magazine articles on health care providers, pharmaceutical companies, and medical technology.

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Managed Care March 2002 Michael Levin-Epstein	Illinois's Medicare Drug Program Called 1st Stab at National Reform The Illinois demonstration program gives the state permission to use federal and state Medicaid dollars to provide prescription drug coverage for 365,000 low-income, elderly Medicare beneficiaries...
Managed Care March 2002 Bob Carlson	Getting Patients in the Door Faster Can Boost Satisfaction, Outcomes Office-based medical practice hasn't changed substantially in many years, so it's not surprising that it no longer serves consumers or physicians well...
Managed Care March 2002 Mildred Beam-Rucker	'Team Approach' to Contract Talks Means That Nobody Feels Cheated Managed care is a business. Both parties want a profitable relationship, and while profitability is important, providers and managed care organizations seem to have more success when they identify a joint mission for the relationship and take a team approach to contracting...
Managed Care March 2002	Employees increasingly inclined to enroll for benefits via Internet Ready or not, more people are turning to the Internet to do everything from researching health conditions and medications to enrolling for benefits...
Fast Company April 2002 Bill Breen	Lilly's R&D Prescription How does pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly accelerate the pace while reducing the cost of innovation? By corralling scientists around the world in a Web-based system of eR&D...
New Architect April 2002 Amit Asaravala	Web Services Orchestra An ensemble of common protocols and open technologies keep Rotech Medical singing...
Knowledge@Wharton	The Benefits Are Mutual in New Wave of Biotech/Pharma Alliances The spat that erupted between pharma giant Bristol-Myers Squibb and biotech firm ImClone Systems over their partnership to develop a new cancer drug put the structure of alliances between discovery research firms and big drug makers under a microscope...
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...
Managed Care February 2002 Mick L. Diede & Richard Liliedahl	Getting on the Right Track Converging forces are an economic train wreck waiting to happen. Avoiding a disaster requires an understanding of the interconnection of health care's stakeholders and the global consequences of their actions...
Managed Care February 2002 Bob Carlson	Proposal To Regulate Formularies Draws Sharp Difference of Opinion The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has spent two years developing a model. Drug companies like it; health plans don't...
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