{"title":"Dissecting drug cost trends.","authors":"R P Navarro","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 7","pages":"80-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21044778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pharmacologically rich clinical decision support provides extra measure for managed care success.","authors":"C M Jacobs","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gatekeepers are currently being asked to do more, including managing referrals to specialists. When a physician appropriately continues care at the primary level in order to pursue a more conservative course of treatment, prescription drugs often play an important role. According to the author, physicians can easily turn to utilization management, not disease management programs, for clinical guidance. Adding a pharmaceutical component with clear indications for drug use to the clinical decision support criteria or guidelines used by physicians helps them to decide when a trial of first-line pharmaceutical management is warranted and at what point to switch to an alternative drug therapy or to refer.</p>","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 6","pages":"70-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21040541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leave requirements under the Family and Medical Leave Act: a trap for the unwary.","authors":"J A Mackarey","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The old adage \"ignorance of the law is no defense,\" is certainly true when dealing with the Family Medical leave Act. That is, lack of knowledge does not excuse the failure of the employer to properly designate the leave. Therefore, as an employer, one must be sure to know and follow the Family Medical Leave Act requirements. Not doing so may be a costly mistake.</p>","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 6","pages":"84-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21040544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Facts and figures. Infant health in the United States.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 6","pages":"48-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21040535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Homeopathy within alternative and orthodox care.","authors":"J M Kantor","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The increasing demand for treatment by alternative care practitioners has resulted in MCOs marketing networks of acupuncturists, herbalists, massage therapists, and others to their members. However, before an alternative provider network is considered, one must understand the comparisons and contrasts between conventional biomedical-based therapy and alternative care techniques. In the conclusion of a two-part article, the author delves into the practice of homeopathy.</p>","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 6","pages":"60-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21040538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Primary care guidelines.","authors":"R P Navarro","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 6","pages":"68-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21040540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Challenges for disease management: balancing technology and touch.","authors":"C M Kozma","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 6","pages":"75-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21040542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can managed care put genetic testing to good use?","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 6","pages":"66-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21040539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reducing the need for authorization and referral management.","authors":"P Reich","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 6","pages":"13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21040534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A case study in earnings: the Coventry story.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 6","pages":"58-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21040537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}