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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 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 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 November 1, 2000 Monica Preboth	Clinical Briefs Sports Specialization in Young Athletes... ADA Statement on Nutrition in Diabetes... Diagnostic Imaging to Detect Child Abuse... NIH/NIA Report on Alzheimer's Disease... CDC Report on U.S. Incidence of Measles in 1999... Managing Pain and Stress in the Neonate...
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.
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 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.
Managed Care February 2007 MargaretAnn Cross	How Much Trouble Does Health Care Marketing Cause? Whether for drugs, imaging, surgery, or emergency services, direct-to-consumer advertising sparks lively debate.
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 10, 2014	Obama Policies Reshape Pharma Marketing Health reform initiatives promote transparency, challenge reimbursement, writes Jill Wechsler.
American Family Physician August 15, 2000 Rosemarie Sweeney & Toni Lapp	Newsletter Major Insurers Announce Health Plan Changes... NIAID Will Fund HIV Vaccine Trials Network... Safeguards Needed to Protect Children from Dosing Errors... Study Finds Increase in Physicians' Use of E-mail... ISMP to Publish Dosing Corrections on Its Web Site... Prescription Drug Spending Increased 17.4 Percent in 1999
American Family Physician October 15, 2006 Liz Smith	Newsletter Physician Leaders, Congress Discuss Medicare Physician Payment Cuts... Insurance Data May Build Pressure for Overhaul of Health Care System... IOM Finds Investment of Resources Inadequate to Address Obesity Crisis... etc.
Managed Care March 2005 Martin Sipkoff	Direct-to-Consumer Ads Garner Mixed Outcomes DTC advertising's reputation as a bully may be largely overstated. There's little evidence that sales of specific drugs increase, and there may be some benefit.
American Family Physician January 15, 2007 Pollock et al.	Appropriate Prescribing of Medications: An Eight-Step Approach These eight steps, along with ongoing self-directed learning, compose a systematic approach to prescribing that is efficient and practical for the family physician.
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.
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 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 December 1, 2002 Sanford R. Kimmel	Vaccine Adverse Events: Separating Myth from Reality Vaccines have turned many childhood diseases into distant memories in industrialized countries. However, questions have been raised about the safety of some vaccines because of rare but serious adverse effects that have been attributed to them.
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2011 Jill Wechsler	Politics & PDUFA Pharma companies will assess health reform, negotiate user fees and keep an eye on federal prosecutors in the year ahead.
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2005 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: "D" Is for Data It is critical for Medicare to address important questions on drug safety and utilization, and about how prescribing decisions affect health outcomes and costs.
American Family Physician October 1, 2000 Rosemarie Sweeney & Toni Lapp	Newsletter Report Highlights What Older Americans Think About Medicare... $35,000 Grant Paves Way for Tool to Prevent Prescription Errors... FDA Launches Oncology Tools Web Site... Federal Funds Support Research in Women's Health... Surgeon General's Report on Tobacco Use Draws AMA Approval...
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 1, 2004 Lo Re & Gluckman	Travel Immunizations The approach to vaccine recommendations should be based on a thorough assessment of the risks for travel-related diseases, the time available before trip departure, and current knowledge of the epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases.
Pharmaceutical Executive July 3, 2007 Louis A. Morris	Culture Shock The withdrawal of Vioxx signaled a sea change. Welcome to the Culture of Drug Safety. The FDA is making changes in the way it reviews drug safety. Post-marketing staff has been enlarged 25%, and new, tougher laws are on the way.
American Family Physician July 15, 2003 Sur et al.	Vaccinations in Pregnancy Routine vaccines that generally are safe to administer during pregnancy include diphtheria, tetanus, influenza, and hepatitis B. Other vaccines, such as meningococcal and rabies, may be considered.
American Family Physician July 1, 2000 Monica Preboth	Practice Guidelines ACIP Issues Recommendations for the 2000-2001 Influenza Season
Managed Care October 2000 Kevin A. Wilson	Public Policy Largely Ignores Adult Immunization Needs Although four fifths of the nation's children are fully immunized, tens of thousands of adults die each year from diseases preventable by vaccination...
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2011 Jennifer Ringler	The Adherence Fight: A TKO? Why does the match against medicines compliance always seem to end in an easy knockout?
American Family Physician May 15, 2003 Matthew Neff	Newsletter FDA, CDC Respond to Increasing Threat of SARS... HHS Releases HIPAA-Related Documents on Patient Privacy Standards... New Research Journal, Annals of Family Medicine, to Debut This Month... HHS Announces $15 Million Health Initiative Focused on Prevention
American Family Physician May 15, 2006 Liz Smith	Newsletter CMS to Cover Shortfalls in States' Children's Health Insurance Funds... Reports Find Costs Restrict Health Technology Implementation... Family Physician Gives Invited Testimony on EHR Difficulties... etc.
Managed Care March 2008 John Carroll	Should Plans Pay Physicians To Switch Patients to Generics? The AMA calls it a kickback, but the industry sees it as just good practice to give doctors an incentive to get patients on equivalent generics
American Family Physician June 15, 2006 Liz Smith	Newsletter Panel Advocates Changes in FDA Regulation of Dietary Supplements... Health Information Community Delivers First Recommendations... Medical Liability Reform Bill Fails to Reach Senate Floor... etc.
Managed Care June 2004 Martin Sipkoff	The New Consensus Favoring IOM's Definition of Quality The word "quality" is ubiquitous in health care, but what does it mean to health plan leaders, providers, patients, and payers?
American Family Physician September 1, 2003 Maurer et al.	Smallpox Vaccine: Contraindications, Administration, and Adverse Reactions Public health departments and the U.S. military have begun the process of vaccinating soldiers and civilian first-responders. Smallpox vaccination carries some serious risks.
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2006 Musacchio & Hunkler	More Than a Game of Keep Away The Prescribing Data Restriction Program takes effect in July. The AMA explains how individual doctors can keep their prescribing habits safe from reps, and how pharma can keep using the anonymous data -- if the industry polices itself.
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2007 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: Safety First FDA seeks to regain public trust by making drug-safety information more transparent - and to head off more stringent legislation in the process.
American Family Physician December 15, 2003	Newsletter CDC reports current influenza season could be more severe than usual... AAFP partners with nine companies to provide affordable EHR systems... Annual report shows continued improvement in overall health in the United States... etc.
American Family Physician September 15, 2000 Rosemarie Sweeney & Toni Lapp	Newsletter Foundation Releases Data on Prescription Drug Trends... ISMP Pushing for Passage of Bills Dealing with Medical Errors... Officials Discuss Potential of Studying Agent Orange in Vietnam... WONCA Holds Rural Health Conference in Calgary... AMA's Tobacco Prevention Program Announces Expansion...
Managed Care March 2000 Michael Levin-Epstein	Medical Errors, D.C.'s New Cause - Will Result Be Action, or Just Talk? ...In its landmark study, "To Err Is Human," the Institute of Medicine embarrassed health care by labeling it at least a decade behind other high-risk industries in protecting its customers....
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2013 Shantanu Agrawal	Making Sense of the Sunshine Act: A New Era for Drug Promotion Now that the Sunshine Act's Open Payments spending disclosure program is live, the federal government's lead officer for compliance explains how the new web-based system will work and how US industry, providers, and patients will be better off by making their relationships fully transparent.
American Family Physician May 15, 2005 Carrie A. Morantz	Newsletter AAFP Urges Members to Use Vaccine Prebooking Plan for Next Flu Season... NIH Starts Global Network for Research Training on Trauma and Injury... Healthy People 2010 Achieves Goal of Reducing Foodborne Illnesses... etc.
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2010	Optimizing TV Advertising Placements & Results Brand managers choosing to advertise an anti-depressant on "Criminal Minds" may not be making the best choice. New methodologies reveal "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" along with "The Bachelor" to be shows favored by depressives.
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2007 Clinton & Wechsler	The View From Inside Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach on drug safety, DTC advertising, FDA's culture, and how the agency plans to bring itself into the age of molecular medicine.
BusinessWeek February 4, 2010 Weintraub et al.	Swine Flu: The Pandemic That Wasn't Swine flu is waning, but the lessons of H1N1 could come in handy during a more serious epidemic.
American Family Physician November 15, 2000 Rosemarie Sweeney & Toni Lapp	Newsletter Coalition Report Focuses on Care at the End of Life... AHRQ Urges Research on Bioterrorism Threat... AAFP Members Deliver Care Packages to Azerbaijan... HHS Creates Organ Transplant Advisory Panel... Healthy People Encouraged to Wait for Influenza Vaccine...
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2006 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: After Plan B: Out of the Quagmire, into the Data The morning-after pill goes OTC, with some special requirements. But is FDA's drug information system up to the task of tracking how it is used?
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 January 1, 2006 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: PDUFA Blues The Prescription Drug User Fee Act is up for reauthorization. Let the games begin.
Salon.com December 7, 1999 Dena Bunis	Medical mistakes are killing us Health plans covering federal workers will be the first to improve the quality of care.