Value-added laboratory medicine in an era of managed care.

Value based insurance design: maintaining a focus on health in an era of cost containment.

Integrated patient data for optimal patient management: the value of laboratory data in quality improvement.

Managed care organizations are shifting from traditional utilization management programs to focus on initiatives that improve the health of an insured population. This strategy requires sophisticated data integration to identify at-risk individuals and track outcomes. Laboratory data are becoming increasingly valuable tools for managed care organizations and healthcare providers. The HEDIS Effe...

Changes in Educational Approaches to Clinical Pharmacology Course at North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences: From Hospital to Pharmacy Skills Laboratory

Introduction: The topic of teaching-learning pharmacology is a very important issue for nursing students. Clinical pharmacology traineeship, as a new course, and the results of widespread searches show that the lack of an appropriate method for presenting the effectiveness of this course. The purpose of the present report is to present the process of implementation and change in approaches to t...

Measuring outcomes: why now?

Intense scrutiny of the American healthcare paradigm will alter the activities of patients, providers, and payors. Government reform and marketplace-driven managed care programs create uncertainty. Quality, access, and cost concerns also drive change. Quality is conformity to requirements, and specification of requirements creates policy debate. Variability in utilization creates an accountabil...

Does Infection Control Control Infections? Summary Congress Report

Correspondence: Richard P. Wenzel, MD, MSc Professor and Chair Department of Internal Medicine Medical College of Virginia Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia USA 1 State of the art lecture presented at the joint annual meeting of the Swiss Societies of Internal Medicine, Haematology and Infectious Diseases (Basel, April 15–17, 1999) Compelling data exist for the return on inves...