Medical Practice

Magazine articles on medical practice and technical issues of treatment.

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Managed Care June 2005	PBMs Get Thumbs up From Satisfied Customers Pharmacy benefit managers that educate physicians on the safety and efficacy of generic drugs or provide them with generic drug samples to increase the use of generics get higher satisfaction ratings than those that don't.
Managed Care June 2005 Thomas Morrow	Spinal Disc Technology Seeks To Replace Body's Engineering Marvel Vertebral fusion and disc replacement are comparable, but shorter recovery time for disc replacement makes it attractive.
BusinessWeek July 11, 2005 Timothy J. Mullaney	Cisco: Paging Dr. Info Tech Cisco Systems Inc.'s medical director is backing a plan in which big companies such as Cisco will give doctors financial incentives to adopt technology, with the goal of cutting costs and improving care. This plan is to put Silicon Valley in the vanguard of health-care reform.
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2005 Boschwitz et al.	Track Patients, Not Prescriptions Why pharma companies reject anonymous patient-level data, and why they can't do without it for long.
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2005 Michael Parisi	Direct to Consumer: Patient-Reported Outcomes New clinical endpoints mean exacting messages for patients. Physicians and other healthcare professionals can use these tools now as they attempt to evaluate the effectiveness of treatments and optimize drug utilizations to combat the high cost of drug treatment.
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.
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2005 Patrick Clinton	Risk: The Series With imported drugs, there's no process, thus no way to guarantee their safety and value. If the supply chain is damaged, the product is suspect. A similar issue is affecting another of pharma's products--the scientific knowledge that informs physicians' decisions and gives them a reason to prescribe.
Reactive Reports Issue 46 David Bradley	Oily Solution to Breast Cancer Potent new weapons in the fight against breast cancer could be developed by combining the commonly used intravenous anesthetic and sedative propofol with omega-3.
American Family Physician June 15, 2005 Hanna & Wenger	Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in Elderly Patients A review of the scientific evidence for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in the elderly.
American Family Physician June 15, 2005 Zoltan, Taylor & Achar	Health Issues for Surfers Millions of surfers worldwide are prone to a unique constellation of acute and chronic conditions. Family physicians in coastal areas should be prepared to treat patients with surfing injuries and to counsel surfers about the risks of sun exposure.
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