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Issue Date: May 2003

When Sued, Physicians Struggle to Cope
This article discusses the emotional and psychological impact a malpractice lawsuit has on a physician who is being sued. It also discusses the rapidly increasing cost of malpractice insurance in a number of states.

Has a Consumer-Directed Health Care System Arrived?
This editorial discusses the overall impact consumers are likely to have on the health care system and the manner in which physicians will respond to consumer demands.

Systems Need Closer Physician Ties
This article discusses ways physicians--both specialists and primary care doctors--can enhance revenue through collaboration, organizational restructuring, partnering, and developing ancillary services.

Changes Make IT More Accessible
This article discusses a report on the use of information technology by small physician practices. The researchers concluded that changes in technology allow physicians to enhance the quality of care they deliver through certain applications, such as EMRs that provide up-to-date drug information. The report is available onling at www.chcf.org.

Standard Processes Boost Efficiency
This article discusses a study of how much five care management processes--clinical guidelines, case management, physician feedback systems, disease registries, and teaching general self-management skills to chronically ill patients--are being used by medical groups and IPAs and the impact of that usage. The study found that of the five care management processes tracked, clinical guidelines were the least commonly used.

E-mail, Web Help Physicians Improve Communications With Patients
In this interview, Steve Malik, CEO of Medfusion Inc., a health care information company in Research Triangle Park, N.C., discusses how the Internet is helping to improve physician-patient communication.

Study Says Nonphysician Care Rising
This article reports on the results of a study that examined whether the increase in nonclinician providers is affecting the demand for physicians in the workforce.

Some CV Drugs Linked to ADEs
This article discusses the results of a study that used malpractice claims to analyze the frequency of adverse drug events that were associated with errors and therefore deemed preventable. The study found that the classes of medications most frequently involved in ADEs were cardiovascular drugs, anticoagulants, antibiotics, antipsychotics, and antidepressants.

Physician Leaders Needed to Address Systemic Ills
This article discusses the need for good physician leaders, who can not only motivate their peers, but can also the clinical and the administrative sides of health care together to achieve a common goal: high-quality care.

Mayo Shows Why It Puts Patients First
This editorial discusses the Mayo Clinic, the focus of a study reported in the Harvard Business Review. The Mayo Clinic is well regarded as a quality institution partly because of its culture. "Mayo offers an example of a successful collaboration of workers at all levels who put the organization's vision before their own personal goals," the editorial says.