January 2002

Donald P. "Rocky" Wilcox

Cover Story

A U.S. government agency, some argue, should be created to rule on usefulness of medications, equipment, and procedures. Britain has just instituted such a system.

Frank Diamond

New programs hold promise for rehabilitating sound physicians who have, for any number of reasons, lost some of the skills they started with.

Ed Rabinowitz

Q&A
The head of the Pacific Business Group on Health says the coming trend in care will be patients making informed decisions before they get sick.

Peer-Reviewed

William Silverman, MD, FAAP

Editor’s Memo

John A. Marcille

Washington Watch

Michael Levin-Epstein

Ethics

Michael S. Victoroff, MD

Compensation Monitor
SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE

Joyce Ochs