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Accelerating health care spending. A steep and lengthy drop in revenues. These twin evils are at the heart of the states ongoing fiscal crisis, says the National Governors Association.
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The goal of an initiative to support new training, technical assistance, and grant-making for up to six states interested in developing quality-focused pharmacy management strategies, which will start this fall, is to find feasible solutions that improve quality, reduce costs, and are amendable to all stakeholders.
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A by-product of efforts to increase patient empowerment and involvement in their own care is the use of quality-of-life assessments in evaluations of state Medicaid programs.
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In underscoring the threat of influenza as a weapon of bioterrorism, concerned clinicians recommended the following seven measures:
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The wave of the future in bioterrorism surveillance is computer-based systems for syndromic reports that can serve as an early tripwire if an attack is under way.
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CDC offers web link to real-time terror info
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In an age of exploding genetic engineering, could the Spanish influenza strain of 1918 the unholy grail of infectious diseases be resurrected as the ultimate bioweapon?
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It is becoming increasingly apparent that fear of adverse vaccine reactions and the perception that there is little likelihood of a smallpox attack have undermined the federal immunization plan for health care workers.
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