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December 2003
Features
Reducing Medical Errors: An Organizational Approach
Dr. Simmons explains the root causes of medical errors and discusses how academic health centers can create safer systems for patients by addressing potential errors and preventing their recurrence.
Richard L. Simmons, MD
Politics and Clinical Trials: The Inclusion of Women
Dr. Goldenberg presents a historical overview of women’s exclusion from and their recent inclusion in clinical drug trials.
Marvin M. Goldenberg, PhD, RPh, MS
The Future of the American College of Physicians
The ACP promotes standards, advocates health and public policy, provides continuing education for internists, and emphasizes the importance of internal medicine to physicians and the public.
John Tooker, MD, MBA
Meeting Highlights
Demonstrating the Business Value of Good Health: The Institute for Health and Productivity Management’s Academy
Vanja Sikirica, PharmD
Medicare Update
Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage
Meeting Highlights
33rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience
Sonja Sherritze
Continuing Education Credit
Pharmacotherapy for Hepatitis C Virus Infection
The author reviews an illness that affects millions of patients and is the leading cause of liver failure, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Candice Nickens Frye, PharmD
Pharmacotherapy for Hepatitis C Virus Infection: CE Forms and Test
Departments
Editorial
The New Pay-for-Performance Plans
Karl A. Matuszewski, MS, PharmD, discusses new “pay-for-performance” plans intended to improve the quality of health care.
Karl A. Matuszewski, MS, PharmD
Letter to the Editor
U.S. Pharmacoeconomic Fellowship Programs
Nicole M. Cobb, Vittorio Maio, PharmD, MS, Jennifer H. Lofland, PharmD, MPH
Prescription Washington
Compounding the Problem of Drug Compounding
Stephen Barlas discusses the need to “get tough” on drug compounders.
Stephen Barlas
Medication Errors
Shared Eye Drop Bottles: The Danger in Making Every Drop Count
Matthew Grissinger, RPh, FASCP, explains the potential dangers from sharing eye drop containers.
Matthew Grissinger, RPh, FASCP
Drug News
New Drugs/Drug News
P&T presents the latest studies and information about FDA approvals, drug indications, and industry updates.
Drug Forecast
Gemifloxacin for the Treatment of Acute Bacterial Exacerbation of Chronic Bronchitis and Community-Acquired Pneumonia
The author reviews gemifloxacin (Factive®) for acute bacterial exacerbation of chronic bronchitis and community-acquired pneumonia.
Larisa Chagan, BS, PharmD
P&T Snapshot
Obstructive Chronic Bronchitis with Acute Exacerbation
