In This Week’s Issue:

• Need contact hours to renew your CCM or CDMS certification?
• NTOCC offers new tools, features with enhanced website
• Common drugs linked to complications for elderly
• Home monitoring program improves outcomes for heart patients
• Experts debate guidelines for treatment in event of flu pandemic, disaster

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Two weeks ago, Richard Scott, the managing editor of Case in Point magazine, attended a conference in Mt. Laurel, N.J., devoted to the burgeoning topic of on-site retail and employee clinics. The conference was engineered by AMCP Horizons LLC. In this week’s version of Across My Desk, he shares some highlights from this young but […]

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In This Week’s Issue:

• Brain pacemaker shown to be effective in treating depression, OCD
• Heart failure hospitalizations tied to secondary factors
• CDC reports rates of hepatitis A, B cases down; hepatitis C up slightly
• Providers, payers and patients like virtual visits
• IOM calls healthcare industry to prepare for the Boomers

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While researching our cover story for the June/July issue of Case in Point, I came across an interesting website that I wanted to share with you. The online portal of the Office on Women’s Health (OWH) is a site dedicated to ensuring that “all women and girls are healthier and have a better sense of […]

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In This Week’s Issue:

• AHRQ launches new site to promote, recognize best practices
• Report: Measuring the ominous future of health care
• One size does not fit all: Meeting the health needs of diverse populations
• Dental hygienists seek to expand role
• Stay current with election bloggers

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