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2004 Issue #04 :: Latest National News

Employers Pass the Buck On Rising Health Care Costs

Published Wednesday May 26, 2004 by admin

Washington, DC — Rather than dramatic health benefit overhauls, most employers have made modest changes, primarily by shifting costs to workers through larger premium contributions or higher out-of-pocket costs to fill a prescription or see a doctor, according to a study released today by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC).

Evidence-Based Medicine Highlights July Issue of

Published Tuesday May 18, 2004 by admin

Irving, TX — The July issue of

NIH Launches Study Of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Severe,

Published Monday May 17, 2004 by admin

Bethesda, MD — Researchers at the Department of Health and Human Services

Compliance Packaging System Cuts Med-Pass Time In Half, Saves Money

Published Friday May 14, 2004 by admin

Valley Forge, PA — AmerisourceBergen has developed a pharmacy-based medication packaging system that can reduce med-pass time by up to 50 percent and improve overall facility efficiency. The AutoMed Technology compliance packaging system dispenses patient medication in continuous strips of individual unit-dose or multi-dose packets. The flexible, easy-tear packets are tamper-proof, can be labeled with [...]

ACP Releases New Papers On Performance Measures And the Development Of A National Health Information Infrastructure

Published Monday Apr 26, 2004 by admin

New Orleans, LA — The American College of Physicians released two ground-breaking papers today calling for the use of clinical performance measures to improve physician quality and the development of an interoperable national health information infrastructure to support such quality improvements.