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American Family Physician May 15, 2001 Richard Kent Zimmerman	Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine for Young Children Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, approved in 2000 for use in the United States, was designed to cover the seven serotypes that account for about 80 percent of invasive infections in children younger than six years...
Managed Care October 2000 Kevin A. Wilson	Public Policy Largely Ignores Adult Immunization Needs Although four fifths of the nation's children are fully immunized, tens of thousands of adults die each year from diseases preventable by vaccination...
American Family Physician July 1, 2000 Monica Preboth	Practice Guidelines ACIP Issues Recommendations for the 2000-2001 Influenza Season
Managed Care June 2002 April Tererri	Health Plans Seem Supportive of Depression-Screening Push The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force made a new recommendation that primary care physicians screen all adult patients for depression
American Family Physician July 1, 2004 Lo Re & Gluckman	Travel Immunizations The approach to vaccine recommendations should be based on a thorough assessment of the risks for travel-related diseases, the time available before trip departure, and current knowledge of the epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases.
American Family Physician May 15, 2001	Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine: What a Parent Needs to Know Why should my child get this vaccine?... What exactly is the pneumococcal vaccine?... Are there some children who should not get pneumococcal conjugate vaccine or who should wait until they are older?...
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...
American Family Physician July 15, 2003 Sur et al.	Vaccinations in Pregnancy Routine vaccines that generally are safe to administer during pregnancy include diphtheria, tetanus, influenza, and hepatitis B. Other vaccines, such as meningococcal and rabies, may be considered.
American Family Physician August 15, 2004	Newsletter CMS Issues Notice Warning Physicians to Protect Medicare Provider Identification Numbers from Fraudulent Employees... Veterans Returning from Combat Zones Rely on Family Physicians for Mental Health Screening... 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.
American Family Physician December 1, 2002 Sanford R. Kimmel	Vaccine Adverse Events: Separating Myth from Reality Vaccines have turned many childhood diseases into distant memories in industrialized countries. However, questions have been raised about the safety of some vaccines because of rare but serious adverse effects that have been attributed to them.
Managed Care January 2008 Martin Sipkoff	Should Pharmacists Be Allowed To Vaccinate Their Patients? Although federal health agencies support the idea of having pharmacists administer vaccines to their patients, the roadblock continues to be a question of payment.
American Family Physician July 1, 2000 Monica Preboth	Clinical Briefs ISMP Warning on Heparin/Hespan Mix-ups... Increase in Vaccination Coverage Levels... Therapies for the Prevention of Breast Cancer... Online Service to Provide Hospital Statistics... Office Spirometry for the Detection of COPD... AAFP Annual Scientific Assembly... etc.
Managed Care September 2004 Tony Berberabe	Can Physician and Health Plan Get Together Over Guidelines? Physicians are not the only problem. Health plans too often view guidelines as rigid routines rather than flexible aids to good practice.
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 December 15, 2003	Newsletter CDC reports current influenza season could be more severe than usual... AAFP partners with nine companies to provide affordable EHR systems... Annual report shows continued improvement in overall health in the United States... etc.
Managed Care May 2001	3rd U.S. Preventive Task Force Issues Recommendations The Third U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released its first of 70 sets of recommendations about the value of specific preventive services...
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.
Managed Care June 2001 Darcy Lewis	National Guideline Clearinghouse: Extensive Resource Underused It's there on the Web, highly convenient. What keeps physicians away?
American Family Physician March 15, 2001	Cancer Screening Guidelines Faced with the broad, and sometimes conflicting, range of recommendations for cancer screening, family physicians must determine the most reasonable and up-to-date method of screening...
American Family Physician November 1, 2000	Policy Center One-Pager The Importance of Primary Care Physicians as the Usual Source of Healthcare in the Achievement of Prevention Goals...
American Family Physician November 15, 2005 Sanford R. Kimmel	Prevention of Meningococcal Disease Invasive disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis has an average annual incidence of one case per 100,000 in the United States. The disease can be rapidly fatal or result in severe neurologic and vascular sequelae despite antibiotic therapy.
American Family Physician October 15, 2000 Monica Preboth	Clinical Briefs AAFP Recommendations on Influenza and PPV Vaccinations... Cocaine Abuse Among Athletes... Risedronate Sodium for Osteoporosis... Linezolid for Gram-positive Bacteria Infection... Expanded FDA Web Site Provides Cancer-Related Information...
American Family Physician April 15, 2001 R. John Presutti	Prevention and Treatment of Dog Bites Family physicians should educate parents and children on ways to prevent dog bites...
Managed Care July 2000 Collins, Hawks & Davis	From Theory to Practice: Identifying Authentic Opinion Leaders to Improve Care Diffusion of Innovations and Opinion Leader theories can be translated into practical applications to improve health care delivery and financial performance by applying them to influence referral patterns and decrease variations in care.
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...
American Family Physician June 15, 2004 Genevieve Ressel	Newsletter Robert Graham Center Releases Study of Medical Errors Based on Malpractice Cases... Guideline on Otitis Media with Effusion Urges Watchful Waiting... CDC Launches Autism Awareness Campaign... etc.
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, 2001 Charles P. Mouton	Common Infections in Older Adults Despite advances in antibiotic therapy, infectious diseases continue to be a major cause of mortality in older adults. The diagnostic and therapeutic nuances of managing infections in older adults create special challenges for physicians...
American Family Physician July 15, 2006 Mehta et al.	Opportunities to Improve Outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease Family physicians play a crucial role in instituting evidence-based preventive sickle cell care strategies, initiating timely treatment of acute illness, recognizing life-threatening episodes, and providing a medical home for multidisciplinary management.
Managed Care June 2001 Frank Diamond	HMO/Physician Strain Creates Invisible Costs Perhaps goodwill is too much to ask for. However, peaceful coexistence can certainly help all players reach their mutual goal -- a smooth relationship that helps to get the job done...
American Family Physician December 15, 2002 Randhawa & Fink	Screening for Breast Cancer A case study and question-and-answer group on screening for breast cancer, based on the recommendations of the current U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
American Family Physician October 15, 2006 Iris R. Mabry	Screening for Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children Despite the lack of evidence to support screening with brief formal instruments, it is the responsibility of primary care physicians to seek and address parents' concerns and children's obvious speech and language delays.
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.
American Family Physician June 15, 2006 Brundage & Fitzpatrick	Hepatitis A The introduction of hepatitis A vaccines in 1995 led to a drop in the number of reported cases of hepatitis A and a shift to a higher percentage of cases occurring in older age groups. The hepatitis A virus survives for extended periods in the environment.
Scientific American February 2006	To Banish a Cancer Two vaccines that are nearing approval by the Food and Drug Administration in the U.S. have demonstrated in clinical trials that they can prevent infection from the two types of the human papillomavirus (HPV) that account for up to 70 percent of cervical cancers.
American Family Physician November 15, 2000	Clinical Briefs Reducing Falls Among Older Women... Physical Activity and Fitness in Schools... Exercise in the Patient with Diabetes Mellitus... Blueprint for Development of Tuberculosis Vaccine... Answers to This Issues' Clinical Quiz...
American Family Physician February 1, 2001 Malcolm L. Brigden	Detection, Education and Management of the Asplenic or Hyposplenic Patient Management of patients with these conditions includes a combination of immunization, antibiotic prophylaxis and patient education...
Managed Care January 2007 Lola Butcher	Employers Publish Guide on Prevention's Worth The National Business Group on Health introduces the Purchaser's Guide to Clinical Preventive Services
Health May 2008 Jessica Snyder Sachs	Seven Vaccines You Need Right Now Why those childhood shots (whooping cough, mumps, and more) may have worn off - and what to do.
American Family Physician September 1, 2003 Maurer et al.	Smallpox Vaccine: Contraindications, Administration, and Adverse Reactions Public health departments and the U.S. military have begun the process of vaccinating soldiers and civilian first-responders. Smallpox vaccination carries some serious risks.
American Family Physician March 15, 2007	Newsletter Title VII Funds Increase in 2007 Continuing Appropriations Resolution... Medicaid Enrollment Numbers Fall After Introduction of New Rule... AAFP Responds to HPV Vaccination Requirement for School Entry... 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.
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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?
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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.
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Managed Care December 2006 Thomas Morrow	Herpes Zoster Vaccine Brings Relief for the Elderly Vaccines for chickenpox and herpes, the two variations of the varicella-zoster virus, are now available for children and the elderly, respectively.