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Steadily, Plans Increase Coverage of Unorthodox Medical Therapies Studies indicate that complementary and alternative medicine may save on drug costs.   |
Managed Care
September 2004
Sherrie Dulworth |
CAM Offerings Really Can Enhance Quality of Care for Some Patients People flock to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) services whether insurers cover them or not. When does it make economic and medical sense to offer them? |
Managed Care
February 2001
Debra Gordon |
Billing for Alternative Services: Who Gets Paid for What, and How? While health plans have embraced alternative therapies, there's little agreement on how to bill for them. The ability to demonstrate outcomes may help... |
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March 15, 2009
Katy Koontz |
Four Things You Didn't Know About Natural Medicine If natural medicine still sounds too alternative for you, here are four things that may help mainstream the concept for you. |
Nursing Management
September 2010
Richard Hader |
The evidence that isn't... Interpreting research When patients seek a healthcare practitioner for services, they believe that the delivered care is based on proven science. But reality is far from patient perception. In fact, most care is still based on anecdote, not evidence. |
Managed Care
January 2004
Arthur Preston Smith |
HMOs Would Be Wise To Investigate Alternative Ways To Improve Health Human beings are not machines, and modern medicine needs to move beyond the repair shop mentality. Could nontraditional services help? |
Information Today
May 6, 2013 |
EBSCO Releases Social Work Reference Center Social Work Reference Center is a comprehensive reference tool that provides evidence-based information to social workers and other mental health professionals directly at the point-of-care. |
Managed Care
December 2005
Ricardo Guggenheim |
Putting EBM To Work (Easier Said Than Done) Through widespread implementation of evidence-based medicine, the United States has its best chance of erasing the variations in care that currently extract such huge costs -- both human and financial -- from the health care system. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
March 1, 2006
Sharyn Lee |
Invisible Prescribers: What You Do and Don't Know About NPs and PAs How many prescriptions are written each year by nurse practitioners and physician assistants? Pharmaceutical companies not only fail to market to this sector, they neglect to invite nurse practitioners and physician assistants to meetings or to include them in plans for continuing medical education. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
April 1, 2007 |
Thoughtleader: Melissa Brown, Center for Value-Based Medicine Here, co-author Melissa Brown discusses her book Evidence-Based to Value-Based Medicine and what's driving the move toward value-based medicine, how it will affect pharma, and why executives should embrace it. |
Managed Care
January 2005 |
Cost of Coverage Forces Search For 'Alternatives' Among those turning to herbal remedies because of the cost of conventional medicine, 54% did so without either telling a conventional medical professional or disclosing use of complementary and alternative medicine during a medical visit. |
Reason
June 2003
Chris Mooney |
Quacks and Flacks The pitfalls of seeking a scientific foundation for alternative medicine |
Pharmaceutical Executive
March 1, 2011
Jerry Coamey |
Engage the Physician! New research shows that gauging the mind of the clinician is crucial to timely uptake of the new diagnostic tools offered by the genomic revolution |
Pharmaceutical Executive
January 1, 2013
Al Topin |
The Doctor-Patient Disconnect Doctor-patient conversations aren't always what we think; this basic interaction represents both a problem and an opportunity for today's drug marketers, says the author. |
Information Today
December 14, 2009 |
Wiley-Blackwell Launches New Online Medical Reference Tool Synthesized from the most timely and late-breaking clinical evidence derived from the most respected medical authorities, this topic-oriented clinical resource tool is designed to help clinicians more effectively make diagnoses, chart treatment plans, and determine prognoses. |
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
August 2006
Emad Rizk |
Finding Opportunity Where Business Models Meet The next stage of payer-provider collaboration will add true value. |
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
October 2005
Sharon Baker |
Cover Dietary Supplements? Some Plans Say Yes As we learn which dietary supplements are truly beneficial, is limited coverage of specific products in the works? |
Information Today
December 1, 2008 |
Free Resource--Global Library of Women's Medicine The Global Library of Women's Medicine has launched online and is freely available in beta. More than 650 world experts have provided a definitive resource on the latest therapeutic options in women's medicine. |
Knowledge@Wharton
August 27, 2003 |
Code Blue: Combating Rising Healthcare Costs Calls for Strong Medicine It's been said many times over that the U.S. healthcare industry is a sick patient in search of a cure. The metaphor is a grim reflection of how the country is coping with an aging population, rising costs and an inefficient healthcare delivery system. |
Managed Care
May 2004
Martin Sipkoff |
Will Pay for Performance Programs Introduce a New Set of Problems? Paying incentives to physicians to practice evidence-based medicine appears to be an idea whose time has come. Such programs -- even if successful -- may create a new set of problems. |
Nursing Management
November 2009
Kathleen Russell-Babin |
Seeing through the clouds in evidence-based practice Evidence-based practice is analyzing the research available as critically as possible, placing the findings in the context of your organization, and adding the perspectives and judgment of clinicians and patients. |
Information Today
July 26, 2010 |
Food Industry Watch Now Available from EBSCO Publishing This new resource is a robust executive decision support tool providing the most-current, objective information available on all topics affecting the food industry. |
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Andrew Dick |
Healthcare Headaches Various issues delay medical real estate construction. |
