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American Family Physician July 15, 2003 Matthew Neff |
Newsletter CDC Web Page Provides Up-To-Date Information on Monkeypox... HHS Streamlines FDA Regulations for Generic Drug Approvals... AHRQ Releases Men's Health Brochure for Screening Tests and Staying Healthy... Coalition Announces Agenda for Addressing the Issue of Low Health Literacy... etc. |
American Family Physician July 15, 2004 Genevieve Ressel |
Newsletter FDA Warns Against Using Domperidone to Increase Breast Milk Production... AAFP Members Visit Lawmakers in Washington, D.C... CDC Reports Data on Suicide Behaviors, Risk Factors, and Prevention... etc. |
American Family Physician March 15, 2005 Genevieve Ressel |
Newsletter Online Registration Available for 2005 ABFM Examinations... AAFP Collaborates on Obesity Management Journal... CDC Web Site Focuses on Autism and Other Developmental Disorders... etc. |
American Family Physician August 15, 2002 |
Newsletter Senate Approves Appointment of Carmona to Surgeon General... HHS Grants to Help Create Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps... AAFP Launches HIPAA Information Web Site... Initiative Seeks to Improve Physician Education on Pesticide Issues... etc. |
American Family Physician September 15, 2002 |
Newsletter CDC Web Site Provides Current Information on West Nile Virus... AHRQ Survey Details Use of Health Care for Chronic Conditions... HHS Approves Nevada Plan to Insure Women with Breast or Cervical Cancer... HRSA Grants Almost $49 Million to Improve Health Care Facilities... etc. |
American Family Physician July 15, 2005 Carrie Morantz |
Newsletter AMA, AAFP Act to Protect Patients' Access to Prescriptions... AHRQ Releases Updated Guide to Clinical Preventive Services... HHS Awards $80.5 Million in Grants to Reduce Infant Mortality Rates... etc. |
American Family Physician December 15, 2004 Genevieve Ressel |
Newsletter NIH Awards More Than $24 Million to Help Eliminate Health Disparities... HHS Announces New Initiatives to Help Americans Quit Smoking... Web Site on Handwashing Offers Tips for Prevention of Influenza... etc. |
American Family Physician August 15, 2001 Rosemarie Sweeney & Matthew Neff |
Newsletter Guidance Issued on New Federal Protection Rules on Patient Privacy... Participants Are Needed for Prostate Cancer Prevention 'SELECT' Trial... Document Compares Five Federal Prescription Drug Coverage Proposals... etc. |
American Family Physician November 15, 2006 Liz Smith |
Newsletter AAFP adopts new physician workforce policy to counter family physicians shortage... Medicare and Medicaid services propose allowing use of part D data for research initiatives... etc. |
American Family Physician July 15, 2001 Sweeney & Neff |
Newsletter HHS Releases a Clinical Guide on the Treatment of Women with HIV... CSAT Offers Grants for Rural Drug Treatment Centers... Federal Agencies Mark 20th Anniversary of First AIDS Case... New Web Site Provides Information on Food-borne Illnesses... NIH Establishes National Family Registry for Scleroderma... |
American Family Physician March 15, 2006 Liz Smith |
Newsletter CDC Recommends Increased Influenza Vaccination in Health Care Staff... Health Initiative to Improve Cancer Therapy with Biomarker Evaluation... Pharmaceutical Association Supports Lower Priced Drugs Act... etc. |
American Family Physician October 15, 2004 Genevieve Ressel |
Newsletter Vaccine Manufacturer Expecting Delays in Distribution of Fluvirin... U.S. Census Bureau Report Confirms Rising Number of Uninsured Americans... CDC Reminds Physicians to Consider West Nile Virus in Pregnant Women... etc. |
Nursing Management April 2010 Lisa A. Gallagher |
Revisiting HIPAA The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Privacy and Security Rules have been in effect since 2002-03. |
American Family Physician February 15, 2005 Genevieve Ressel |
Newsletter AAFP Launches Online Quality Improvement Program... NIH Issues New Guidelines for Managing Asthma During Pregnancy... ABFM Extends Deadline for 2004 Self-Assessment Module... etc. |
American Family Physician April 15, 2003 Matthew Neff |
Newsletter HHS Report Shows U.S. Life Expectancy Reached New High of 77.2 Years... Health-Related Issues Receive Emphasis in Senate's Agenda for 2003... President Bush Approves $7 Billion Budget for HRSA... Bilingual Helpline Created to Connect Hispanic Families with Health Services... etc. |
American Family Physician April 15, 2005 |
Newsletter Demand for Subspecialists May Jeopardize Public Health... CDC Survey Reveals Limited Use of Electronic Health Records Systems... SAMHSA Offers $12.4 Million in Grants for Child Trauma Initiative... etc. |
American Family Physician November 1, 2000 Allen L. Hixon & Ronald W. Chapman |
Medicine and Society Healthy People 2010: The Role of Family Physicians in Addressing Health Disparities... |
American Family Physician June 15, 2006 Liz Smith |
Newsletter Panel Advocates Changes in FDA Regulation of Dietary Supplements... Health Information Community Delivers First Recommendations... Medical Liability Reform Bill Fails to Reach Senate Floor... etc. |
American Family Physician November 15, 2003 |
Newsletter AAFP Congress of Delegates Changes Name of Specialty to Family Medicine... HHS Report Shows Increases in Life Expectancy, Incidence of Diabetes... CDC, AAFP to Work Together on Immunization Project... etc. |
InternetNews December 18, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
E-Healthcare Gets Federal Mandate Department of Health and Human Services unveils best practices for ensuring patient privacy with online medical records, Medicare pushes e-prescriptions. |
Managed Care December 2002 Fox et al. |
Modified HIPAA Privacy Rule Affects Research, Marketing, Security A modified rule allows the use and disclosure of "limited data sets" of personal health information for research, health care operations, or public health activities. These sets do not include direct identifiers, such as name, address, or Social Security number. |
American Family Physician March 15, 2004 |
Newsletter A recent report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) urges educators and other groups to focus more attention on strategies for reducing barriers that deny minorities access to careers in the health professions. |
American Family Physician April 15, 2004 Genevieve Ressel |
Newsletter AAFP and AAP Release Acute Otitis Media Guideline... HHS Releases FDA Report on Combating the Obesity Epidemic... etc... |
American Family Physician July 15, 2006 Liz Smith |
Newsletter AMA Announces New Policies on DTC Advertising, Price Transparency... AAP Supports Recommendations of IOM Emergency Care Report... CDC Urges Awareness of Measles in Travelers to World Cup... etc. |
Managed Care February 2005 |
Headlines On Deadline ... The data used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were exaggerated... Health care Web sites may be chock full of information, but many people 65 or older haven't taken advantage... etc. |
American Family Physician February 15, 2006 Liz Smith |
Newsletter FDA Announces New Prescription Drug Information Format... ASTM International Develops Continuity of Care Record... HHS Launches Project to Test Electronic Prescribing for Medicare Part D... etc. |
American Family Physician January 15, 2004 Matthew Neff |
HHS Announces Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card Program The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson recently announced an interim final regulation for the Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card Program, designed to help persons who are covered by Medicare with the cost of prescription drugs. |
American Family Physician October 15, 2006 Liz Smith |
Newsletter Physician Leaders, Congress Discuss Medicare Physician Payment Cuts... Insurance Data May Build Pressure for Overhaul of Health Care System... IOM Finds Investment of Resources Inadequate to Address Obesity Crisis... etc. |
American Family Physician September 15, 2004 Genevieve Ressel |
Newsletter AFMO Launches Web Site for Family Medicine Research... CMS Eliminates Grace Period for Expired Codes... AAFP Publishes Resource for Starting a Medical Practice... AAFP Board Approves Recommendation to Double EB CME Credit... etc. |
Managed Care April 2001 Michael Levin-Epstein |
President's Privacy-Rule Review Creates Controversy, Confusion The final medical privacy regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) stand out in terms of controversy and confusion. The end game is still cast in doubt... |
American Family Physician December 15, 2006 Liz Smith |
Newsletter Medicare Beneficiaries Advised to Review Drug Plan Changes for 2007... AAFP Federal Advocacy Efforts Will Focus on Physician Payment Reform... Pay-for-Performance Incentives Used by One Half of Surveyed HMOs... etc. |
American Family Physician December 15, 2005 Sarah J. Evans |
Newsletter AAFP, ACP, AOA Urge Congress to Stop Medicare Payment Cuts... HHS Awards Emergency Health Care Aid to Louisiana Katrina Victims... HHS Grants Contracts for Nationwide Health Information Network... etc. |
American Family Physician July 15, 2002 |
Newsletter Awards Are Available to Increase Numbers of Nurses and Quality of Nursing Services... AHRQ Partnership Will Help Turn Research into Improved Care... CDC Report Reveals Significant Decline in Prevalence of Teenaged Smoking... etc. |
Managed Care April 2007 John Carroll |
Privacy Concerns Delay Health Information Network Sufficient confidentiality needs to be assured before a nationwide health information system will be ready for implementation. |
American Family Physician September 15, 2003 Matthew Neff |
Newsletter AAFP Launches Initiative to Strengthen Patients' Voices in Congress... New Guide Available Online to Help Physicians Counsel Older Drivers... Fact Sheet Outlines Health Issues for Patients to Address with Physicians... etc. |
American Family Physician January 15, 2007 |
Newsletter Congress Passes Legislation That Prevents Medicare Payment Cut... Congress Approves Extension of Physicians for Underserved Areas Act... HHS Unveils Four Cornerstones of Value-Driven Health Care System... etc. |
American Family Physician April 15, 2006 Liz Smith |
Newsletter Medicaid Cost Sharing and Premiums May Reduce Physician Revenues... AMA Supports Amendment on Cuts to Medicare Physician Payments... Increase in Candidates Matched into Family Medicine Residencies... etc. |
Food Processing December 2007 Tevi Troy |
Expert Opinion: Wellness in Crisis Good health may be the most overlooked and under appreciated of life's blessings. |
Chemistry World March 6, 2015 Rebecca Trager |
US health agencies expands open access policy The US Department of Health and Human Services has released a plan to expand how its agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, make research results freely available to scientists and the public. |
CIO June 1, 2003 Sarah D. Scalet |
Immune Systems Health officials are working toward a sophisticated IT network that could detect the early warning signs of bioterrorism, but formidable obstacles remain. |
Inc. November 2003 Alison Stein Wellner |
The Privacy Time Bomb If you provide health insurance, you're sitting on a potential privacy time bomb. Here's how to defuse it. |
American Family Physician November 15, 2000 Rosemarie Sweeney & Toni Lapp |
Newsletter Coalition Report Focuses on Care at the End of Life... AHRQ Urges Research on Bioterrorism Threat... AAFP Members Deliver Care Packages to Azerbaijan... HHS Creates Organ Transplant Advisory Panel... Healthy People Encouraged to Wait for Influenza Vaccine... |
Managed Care March 2001 John A. Marcille |
Should That Apple a Day Be Red, Green, or Golden? So if everyone's at least in agreement that preventing illness should be a common goal, why is a mutual understanding of "prevention" so elusive? |
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2011 Jill Wechsler |
FDA Gets a New Look Agency expansion and globalization promote innovation, collaboration, and organizational changes |
American Family Physician May 15, 2006 Liz Smith |
Newsletter CMS to Cover Shortfalls in States' Children's Health Insurance Funds... Reports Find Costs Restrict Health Technology Implementation... Family Physician Gives Invited Testimony on EHR Difficulties... etc. |
Managed Care June 2005 Martin Sipkoff |
The Re-Emergence of the Primary Care Physician A new model of care developed by the American Academy of Family Physicians places primary care physicians back at the center of care delivery. |
Managed Care February 2002 Michael Levin-Epstein |
Plans, Providers Should Use HIPAA Breathing Room Wisely HMOs may delay compliance with HIPAA electronic transactions and code reporting requirements for one year under legislation passed by Congress late last year. However, the new law doesn't affect information privacy requirements slated to take effect in 2003... |
Managed Care March 2001 Michael D. Dalzell |
Preventive Care: Can We Do a Better Job? HMOs place great stock in disease prevention, but some highly recommended services go uncovered. Plans and purchasers often don't agree on priorities... |
Bio-IT World May 9, 2003 Kevin Davies |
Coalition Forces and the Fog of War Coalition forces take on the microbe menace. No sooner had the SARS threat been identified than forces from the bio-IT coalition came together to repel the enemy. |
Managed Care September 2000 |
Countdown Begins for Compliance With HIPAA Electronic Standards If you thought a lot of time and money was spent on Y2K readiness, you ain't seen nothin' yet. Complying with the new rules for electronic transaction standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is expected to exceed Y2K in terms of dollars and work hours... |