PURPOSE A guide to the appropriate documentation of the critical aspects of the patient medical record to ensure reimbursement and the reduction of medical liability is presented. SUMMARY Several documentation styles can be adopted to record pharmacist interventions, including unstructured notes, semistructured notes, and systematic notes. Documentation should be clear, concise, legible, nonj...


 CADTH reimbursement reviews are comprehensive assessments of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, as well patient clinician perspectives, a drug or class.
 The inform non-binding recommendations that help guide decisions Canada's federal, provincial, territorial governments, with exception Quebec.
 This review assesses Cariprazine (Vraylar) 5 mg, 3 4.5 6 mg oral c...

There are interesting differences between the practice of Nuclear Cardiology in Japan and that in the United States and associated unique challenges. Differences in patient body habitus and the perceived importance of limiting patient radiation dose have resulted in different radiopharmaceutical and imaging protocol preferences. Governmental approval and reimbursement policies for various radio...

Introduction The number of novel therapies that achieve registration in oncology based on limited clinical evidence like non-randomized studies (NRS) is increasing. Dutch health authorities determine the therapeutic value medicines evaluated randomized controlled trials formal criteria for minimal relative efficacy or treatment guidelines. However, there are no to benefit treatments assessed NR...

The use of clinical laboratory tests has more than doubled during the past decade. Some observers of the health system feel that this growth is excessive and is a result of current payment systems. This article examines the effects of current reimbursement policies with regard to the use of laboratory tests and prices charged for tests. The results suggest the following: The method of financing...

The analyses reported in this article assessed the cost, case mix, and quality interrelationships among Colorado nursing homes. A unique set of patient-level data was collected specifically to measure case mix and quality. Case mix was found to be strongly associated with cost, accounting for up to 45 percent of the variation in cost per patient day. The relationship between quality and cost wa...