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Updated Sep. 9, 2010

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POLICY & MANAGEMENT

Health Care Setting Not Immune to Weight Bias
ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010
In a 2006 study that surveyed 2,449 overweight and obese women about their experiences of weight bias, 69% of participants reported that they had encountered weight bias from a doctor, 46% from nurses, 37% from dietitians and 21% from health professionals read more

Are You Helping or Hindering Your Staff?
ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010
The No. 1 reason that most workers leave their jobs is because of a lack of appreciation from their bosses. Having been on both sides of that fence, I can attest to the experience of having an unappreciative boss and having a great boss. The real question, however, is what kind of a boss are you? read more

Reuben Sentenced in Fraud Case
ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010
Anesthesiologist Scott Reuben, MD, was sentenced to six months in prison for health care fraud stemming from his fabrication of data and related misdeeds in six drug trials, federal officials announced. read more

Diabetic, Postherpetic Neuropathic Pain A Significant Cost Burden, Study Finds
ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010
The added annual cost of neuropathic pain in patients with diabetes or those with a history of herpes zoster can exceed $7,000 when compared with individuals with the same conditions but without neuropathic pain, revealed a recently published retrospective analysis of administrative claims from two large national health care databases. read more

FDA Approves Butrans Transdermal System CIII
ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010
The FDA has approved Purdue Pharma’s Butrans (buprenorphine) Transdermal System CIII for the management of moderate to severe chronic pain in patients requiring a continuous, around-the-clock opioid analgesic for an extended period of time. The Butrans Transdermal System is an analgesic product that delivers continuous release of medication for seven days. read more

Escape the Carnage of the ‘ACO’
ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010
A new acronym to save health care has arrived: the ACO, or “accountable care organization.” But accountability to whom? And for what care, exactly? Last, and most important, who runs the organization? read more

Reducing Medication Alert Fatigue To Improve Physician Adoption of Computerized Physician Order Entry
ISSUE: JULY, 2010
Implementation of clinical decision support (CDS) and computerized physician order entry (CPOE) at the point of care is rapidly growing. However, despite the many potential benefits of these enhanced technologies, adoption by physicians remains problematic. read more


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