MANAGED CARE June 2001. ©MediMedia USA
Vol. 10, No. 6
June 2001
A Giant Leap for Process Improvement?
The Business Roundtable-sponsored Leapfrog Group seeks support of HMOs that will work with it to reduce medical errors.
Cover Story
If physicians perceive that health plans are using guidelines as a club, your hopes of getting buy-in are slim. Give peace a chance.
Guideline Nonuse: Variation on a Theme
Physicians often are accused of ignoring guidelines. It also seems that few use the National Guidelines Clearinghouse.
Strong Evidence for Heart Drugs' Benefit
Widespread use of two medications can prevent expensive and life-threatening repeat heart attacks and strokes.
Crafting a Strategy for Care of the Dying
HMOs usually don't like to discuss end-of-life care because they fear it makes them look cold. A few plans have found a way.
Determine Consistency of UM Decisions [Abstract | Full-text PDF]
Inter-rater reliability testing is a tool for determining the degree to which UM managers are consistent with internal protocols.
DEPARTMENTS
Getting plans, HMOs to cooperate.
News and Commentary
New Cholesterol Guidelines Could Mean Higher Premiums
Study Challenges Life Expectancy's Link To Disability
Nobody's perfect, but who has to know? [chart]
Physicians Urged To Tell Patients: 'Change Behavior'
Few Seem To Use POS Option To Go Out of Network
Bush Takes Sides On Patient Rights: Limited Liability
Headlines On Deadline...
Conforming to privacy laws.
Problem with prompt-payment laws.
Incentives make the difference.
Here comes the digital hospital.
Risk of going online worth it.
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