{"title":"Managed care changes everything.","authors":"R P Navarro","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 3","pages":"87-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21037345","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":"As the world of managed care turns.","authors":"J F Doherty","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Health maintenance organizations have become predominant in the health care industry and continue to evolve as expectations for quality and affordability change. Although initially limited, managed care options have grown extensively and will continue to develop as America's needs change. The author describes the early impetus for the growth of MCOs and the legislation that guided the maturation of managed care.</p>","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 3","pages":"130-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21037341","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 Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, Orlando, Florida.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) held its annual educational conference between October 31 and November 3, 1996 in Orlando, Florida. The meeting, which attracted about 1,500 delegates, offered some interesting plenary and concurrent sessions, along with stimulating workshops and roundtables. Some of the meeting content was dictated by current events, such as the Presidential election, which took place only days after the conclusion of the conference.</p>","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 3","pages":"107-8, 111-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21057201","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":"Secrets and tips for weaving a Web of success. Part 1.","authors":"D Goldstein, J Flory","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 3","pages":"70-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21037342","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":"Managing patient demand on-line.","authors":"A Warson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patient self-management, or demand management, has found a fertile field on the Internet. Web sites containing both good and bad health care information are budding throughout the world. The author describes two attempts to harvest the relevant, credible information for a rapidly growing population of on-line health care consumers.</p>","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 3","pages":"80-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21037344","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":"An economically rational method of managing early-stage endometriosis.","authors":"E Surrey","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Endometriosis is a common gynecologic disease among women of reproductive age. The lesions of early endometriosis may be missed during laparoscopy, which has been considered to be the definitive means of both diagnosis and treatment. Moreover, laparoscopic treatment of minimal-to-mild (stage 1 to 2) endometriosis does not always resolve associated chronic pelvic pain in many women. Instead, medical therapy with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists may be more effective in providing long-lasting pain relief in patients with similar disease stages. The author outlines the cost effectiveness of a trial course of GnRH agonists in women presenting with chronic pelvic pain.</p>","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 3","pages":"119-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21046111","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":"Point-of-service outcomes data and its effect on asthma treatment: a salmeterol pilot investigation.","authors":"D Bukstein, J Mackowiak","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Outcomes data have enabled physicians to have a much more complete overview of the patient's quality of life and health than their predecessors. One medical center has sought to develop a comprehensive point-of-service outcomes measurement tool for the assessment of patients with asthma. This information may provide a real-time overview on a desktop computer system of the patient's progress. A pilot project involving a therapeutic intervention in patients with asthma was conducted to test the utility of this outcomes tool in a practice setting.</p>","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 2","pages":"118-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21035560","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":"Managed care and information needs for consumers.","authors":"D L Cole","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 2","pages":"54-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21035562","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 conversation with Sean Sullivan.","authors":"S Sullivan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 2","pages":"66-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21035565","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":"Managed care stock index. Stock market history doesn't teach us much.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80070,"journal":{"name":"Medical interface","volume":"10 2","pages":"64-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21035564","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}