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Effective Employer-Vendor Partnerships: Encouraging Positive Disruptive Innovations in Healthcare

Meek, Julie A.; Kuraitis, Vince - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 9 (2001) 8, pp. 421-429

US employers are facing an unprecedented opportunity to contribute toward positive, disruptive innovations in healthcare. The convergence of major trends will enable employers to exercise significant leverage in controlling healthcare costs and improving quality. US healthcare is ripe for...

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Healthcare Reform and Disease Management in Italy: Promoting the Effectiveness and Appropriateness of Health Service Use

Grilli, Roberto; Donatini, Andrea; Taroni, Francesco - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 9 (2001) 8, pp. 441-449

The 1999 reform of the Italian healthcare system has softened the effects of the 1992 shift to market mechanisms and competition within healthcare by promoting cooperation and partnerships among providers and Local Health Units (LHUs). In addition, it has facilitated the completion of...

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Optimizing the Delivery of Effective Diabetes Care: An English Perspective

Mohiddin, Abdu; Gulliford, Martin - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 9 (2001) 12, pp. 683-690

Diabetes mellitus has considerable and increasing importance in England. The burden of illness is concentrated in ethnic minority groups and socioeconomically deprived areas. Evidence for effective clinical care has increased following the results of the UK Prospective Diabetes Study but current...

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Law and Disorder: Critical Legal Issues in Disease Management

Jacobson, James M.; Jorling, James M.; Paykel, Neela A. - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 6 (1999) 6, pp. 365-386

If the disease management industry succeeds in producing effective solutions to many of the problems besetting today's healthcare delivery systems (such as misalignment of financial and care incentives, poor customer service, failure to provide useful preventative care, and a dearth of empirical...

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Employer Role in Integrative Workplace Health Management: A New Model in Progress

Chu, Cordia; Dwyer, Sophie - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 10 (2002) 3, pp. 175-186

The health of the international workforce has been an increasing area of concern for the last two decades. Globalization of the world economy and rapid technological changes continue to change the nature of work and employment practices, exposing employees to new and serious health risks. These...

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National Service Framework for Older People: Will Access to Health Services for Elderly Patients Improve?

Chadha, Sumeet; Young, John - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 10 (2002) 9, pp. 527-533

The National Service Framework for Older People (NSF), published recently by the Department of Health in England, represents a major initiative to improve services for this group of patients. It describes an ambitious 10-year plan to address ageism, person-centered care, hospital care,...

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Disease Management and the Application of Privacy Guidelines

Regan, Marybeth - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 10 (2002) 9, pp. 543-550

Today, privacy is a concern for many individuals. The United States has followed the path of other countries in strengthening the legislation to protect privacy. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 was enacted to provide improved portability of health benefits...

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Management of Acute Otitis Media: Defining the Role of Cefuroxime Axetil

Lamb, Harriet M.; Spencer, Caroline M. - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 8 (2000) 6, pp. 337-353

media in children. Acute otitis media is the most common disorder diagnosed by paediatricians and among the most common … indications for which antibacterial agents are prescribed in children. Although there is little consensus regarding the optimal … management of children with acute otitis media, the need for judicious use of antibacterial agents is generally recognised …

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Role of Parent Training in the Effective Management of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Power, Thomas J.; Russell, Heather F.; Soffer, Stephen L.; … - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 10 (2002) 2, pp. 117-126

Parent training can be an effective strategy for assisting children and their families to cope with attention …

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Developments in Influenza Prevention and Treatment: A Managed Care Perspective

Monto, Arnold S.; Fendrick, A. Mark - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 7 (2000) 5, pp. 235-243

attenuated vaccines will be increasingly used in children. Inactivated vaccines will continue to be used mainly for the elderly …

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