Hypertension, an insidious condition affecting approximately 50 million US adults, remains a central factor contributing to cardiac and other target organ disease. Despite increased detection and numerous therapeutic advances, three out of four people with hypertension in the US have...

Specialty pharmacy service (SPS) companies are filling a new niche in the expanding role of chronic disease management (DM). These companies distribute expensive biotechnology drugs to patients who have relatively uncommon but very expensive chronic diseases. Although there are considerable...

Neonatology has become a prime target for specialty care management or population management services. As the cost of caring for the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) population steadily rises, with no accompanying increase in quality information, health plans and large self-insured groups...

Health plans are committed to the advancement of disease management (DM). They believe DM is crucial to the successful management of care, and actively promote a variety of DM initiatives. However, the political climate in the US in recent years has not been conducive to the advancement of...

Schizophrenia is possibly the single most costly disorder in psychiatric or somatic medicine, despite a relatively low yearly incidence of about 10/100 000/ year. In many cases it is a life-long disabling disorder. Available treatments, including medication, psychotherapy and family treatments...

Culture is always considered as a collective phenomenon and all individuals living in the same social environment accept it, at least partially. Culture as collective programming of mind distinguishes the members of a group from another. Corporate culture must be in accordance with national...

Migraine is a highly prevalent, nonfatal disorder typically characterized by recurrent episodes of headache associated with such symptoms as nausea, vomiting, photophobia, phonophobia and impaired functioning. The attacks may be infrequent and relatively mild; more often they are frequent, severe...