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A home monitoring program for patients with complex chronic conditions has reduced hospitalizations by as much as 50% to 80%, according to Charles Hart, vice president of Cardiocom, a Minneapolis-based company that works with managed care companies, hospitals, and medical groups at risk for cost of care to manage complex patients.
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The Case Management Society of America (CMSA), based in Little Rock, AR, is changing all that with the development of Case Management Adherence Guidelines (CMAG-1) designed to guide case managers in helping their clients stick to their prescribed medication regimen.
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Microbicide products remain in the testing stages and have not been approved by the Food and Drugs Administration; but as some move closer to market, investigators are looking at how likely it is that women will use these products for protection against HIV infection.
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Direct distribution of birth control may be an effective strategy for school-based clinics wishing to remove barriers to contraceptive access, according to research findings from Minnesota public health officials.
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The decision to move the levonorgestrel emergency contraceptive pill Plan B (Barr Laboratories, Pomona, NY) to over-the-counter status has been delayed by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Strides are being made when it comes to herpes. New treatments are emerging, and an advanced clinical trial of a potential herpes vaccine now is under way.
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Though annual respirator fit-testing is being widely criticized, an infection control professional strongly recommends the practice after seeing a group of co-workers get infected with tuberculosis even though they were wearing N95 respirators.
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In a formal letter to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regarding its recently announced tuberculosis requirements, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) made the following key objections to the action.
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In launching a protest letter-writing campaign against new federal requirements regarding tuberculosis, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology created the following template.
