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Advancing Care in Erosive Esophagitis: Towards a Path of Complete Healing
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Shaping the Management of COPD with Biologic Therapy
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Elevating Care for PAH: Applying Recommended Management Approaches to Maximize Outcomes
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Clinical Consultations™: Managing Depressive Episodes in Patients with Bipolar Disorder Type II
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Medical Crossfire®: Understanding the Advances in Bipolar Disease Treatment—A Comprehensive Look at Treatment Selection Strategies
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'REEL’ Time Patient Counseling: The Diagnostic and Treatment Journey for Patients With Bipolar Disorder Type II – From Primary to Specialty Care
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‘REEL’ Time Patient Counseling™: Navigating the Complex Journey of Diagnosing and Managing Fabry Disease
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Clinical ShowCase™: Finding the Best Path Forward for Patients with COPD
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Expert Illustrations & Commentaries™: Envisioning Novel Therapeutic Approaches to Managing ANCA-associated Vasculitis
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Expert Illustrations & Commentaries™: Exploring the Role of Novel Agents for the Management of IgA Nephropathy
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Patient, Provider & Caregiver Connection™: Implementing an Effective Management Plan to Improve Outcomes in IgA Nephropathy
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Trendspotter: Physicians Need Relief From Administrative Burdens
June 30th 2010Physicians in general - and primary-care doctors in particular - are caught between the high aspirations of healthcare reform and the daunting realities of daily practice. This contradiction arises from the fact that, while physicians are expected to improve quality and prepare themselves for new reimbursement methods, many doctors feel like hamsters on a treadmill because the basic facts of practice life haven’t changed.
Trendspotter: Leaving or Limiting Medicare?
June 23rd 2010The plain fact is that Medicare accounts for a fifth of the nation’s total healthcare spending. Physicians who turn their backs on that are endangering the long-run financial health of their own practices. And, sooner or later, the government will have to fix the Medicare reimbursement formula.
Trendspotter: More Radical Change Is Needed to Save Primary Care
May 13th 2010The importance of primary care in restructuring our healthcare system is widely recognized. As a current article in Health Affairs points out, avoidable hospital admissions for asthma and diabetes complications in the U.S. are twice the average for advanced countries, and that isn’t because the United States has a greater prevalence of these conditions.
Trendspotter: Do We Want Hospitals to Run Health Care?
March 29th 2010Major changes in the healthcare delivery system are coming, and they will affect every physician. The question is whether those changes will have the effect we all want or whether they will lead to unintended consequences that we don’t want.
Trendspotter: Healthcare Reform Is First Step To Shore Up Deteriorating System
March 17th 2010Many pundits have weighed in on the likely consequences of not passing healthcare reform, which is expected to come to a head within the next few days. But a recent blog post by Matthew Mintz, MD, an internist in Washington, DC, puts things in perspective for physicians.