{"title":"The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, 27th annual meeting, November 13-16, 1996, Nashville, Tennessee.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The 27th annual meeting of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) was held November 13-16, 1996 in Nashville, Tennessee. The conference boasted numerous educational sessions and industry symposia. Clearly, the highlight of this year's annual meeting for the more than 1,000 conferees was the release of preliminary results of the Fleetwood Project, which seeks to quantify the value of consultant pharmacists' services. In this issue, we describe these highly anticipated data and a representation of other valuable educational sessions.</p>","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 4","pages":"106, 109-10, 112 passim"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21057203","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":"Restoring a fair workers' compensation system for employer and employee.","authors":"K Wolfe","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The costs of workers' compensation have curtailed in recent years, perhaps in part as a result of MCO's efforts in this area. Managed care organizations that consider jumping into the workers' compensation arena often make basic errors in developing their programs and networks. The author reminds MCOs of the practical points they need to consider.</p>","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 4","pages":"129-30, 132, 136"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21038002","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":"Role remodeling and teamwork: priorities for managed care realignment.","authors":"T McWhinnie, P Cohen, P Gerbino, R Koenigs","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The realignment of work and processes in MCOs is underway. Senior executives are now looking to senior health care managers for skills, behaviors, attitudes, thinking, and leadership that are very different from traditional expectations. To help define these revised expectations, a national survey was conducted of managed care executives who were asked to assess current versus future roles, values, and characteristics they see as essential to senior health care managers in managed care pharmacy.</p>","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 4","pages":"72-8, 81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21038008","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":"Small businesses are seeking changes to managed care environment.","authors":"H B Davis","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>For the small business owner, health care premiums never decreased. These employers only experienced lower cost increases. All businesses now face rising premiums. To contend with the increases, small business owners are now making their own demands of health plans.</p>","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 4","pages":"82-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21038009","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":"The crossroads of graduate medical education.","authors":"R N Falk","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 3","pages":"73-4, 79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21037343","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":"Federal tax developments affecting health care organizations--Part 1: New legislation.","authors":"E Ing","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Health care providers face numerous federal tax law changes in 1997 through legislation, agency rulings, and court decisions. The author provides an overview of these changes. The first part of this two-part series discusses the legislation enacted in 1996 that will affect health care today.</p>","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 3","pages":"115-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21037340","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":"Underestimation: a barrier to implementation of disease management.","authors":"C M Kozma","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 3","pages":"93-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21037347","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":"Case studies in disease management for congestive heart failure.","authors":"M Quilty, A Lewis","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Today, case management is neither science nor art. Successful programs have little in common except corporate commitment, the right people for the right job, and an understanding of the playing field. The author provides three case studies of HMOs who tried to jump into the field, with varying levels of success.</p>","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 3","pages":"97-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21037348","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":"The role of consultant pharmacist in subacute care.","authors":"P Tedesco, J Fantasia","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a role that is complicated, yet rewarding, the consultant pharmacist has the daily opportunity to affect the care of many patients. Consultant pharmacists have traditionally practiced in the long-term care/nursing home setting; however, the subacute facility is an emerging area of responsibility for consultant pharmacists.</p>","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 3","pages":"90-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21037346","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":"Taking lessons from a different AMA.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 3","pages":"100-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21037339","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}