AMCPFormat for Formulary Submissions, Version 4.0

The AMCP format for formulary submissions version 3.0.

Fair Scheduling for Multiple Submissions

Today, most available parallel environments support multiple users executing their jobs in a common shared infrastructure. In such environments, when scheduling individually important jobs from different users, the problem of fairness arises. In this work, we propose a fair scheduling algorithm that handles this problem by adopting processor fair-share as a strategy for user fairness. The user’...

ACRA Format Instructions for Submissions

This research tested different ways of tuning the process noise covariance matrix of a GPS/IMU extended Kalman filter. This Kalman filter was developed for a retrofit robot driver. Because of the constraints of this application, the Kalman filter had no process model for the outputs of the robot’s controller. In this situation, a significant proportion of the process noise would be caused by th...

Effect of patient notification of formulary change on formulary adherence.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of patient notification of impending formulary changes on formulary adherence. METHODS This pilot program in a large, Midwest-based health insurer utilized a randomized controlled trial research design. A list of 30 chronic-use medications that were to change formulary status were selected for the pilot. A review of adjudicated pharmacy claims records was perf...

The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Format for Formulary Submissions: an evolving standard--a Foundation for Managed Care Pharmacy Task Force report.

OBJECTIVE The objective of this report is to provide, in detail, the evidentiary requirements contained in Version 2.0 of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy's (AMCP's) Format for Formulary Submissions and to elaborate on several key issues regarding the use of the Format that users, potential users, and pharmaceutical manufacturers have raised since AMCP published the first version of the gui...