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Better vigilance is needed to ensure medical research on human subjects is not flawed by financial conflicts of interest, according to the Assn. of American Medical Colleges and the Assn. of American Universities.

In March, the two organizations issued a report that calls on medical schools and research universities to put into place conflict-of-interest policies within two years. Such policies should cover how to identify, evaluate and manage financial conflicts, the report said.

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Paying substance abuse treatment providers for results, not services, may lead to improved quality of care, according to the first published study of a novel performance-based contracting system implemented by the State of Delaware in 2002.

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From:
Treatment Research Institute
600 Public Ledger Building, 150 S. Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Tel: (215) 399-0980
http://www.tresearch.org

Paying substance abuse treatment providers for results, not services, may lead to improved quality of care, according to the first published study of a novel performance-based contracting system implemented by the State of Delaware in 2002.

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From:
Treatment Research Institute
600 Public Ledger Building, 150 S. Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Tel: (215) 399-0980
http://www.tresearch.org

Paying substance abuse treatment providers for results, not services, may lead to improved quality of care, according to the first published study of a novel performance-based contracting system implemented by the State of Delaware in 2002.

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Washington — Physicians now can take advantage of new tools that go beyond bone density scores to help assess the fracture risk faced by older patients with low bone mass.

FRAX, an algorithm developed by the World Health Organization to calculate an individual’s 10-year risk of fracture, was released Feb. 21, as was a new clinician’s guide for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, that incorporates the algorithm. The guide was developed by the National Osteoporosis Foundation in collaboration with the American Assn. of Clinical Endocrinologists, the American College of Radiology, the American Orthopaedic Assn. and the International Society for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

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The University of Georgia’s Center for Research on Behavioral Health and Human Services Delivery is using $9 million in federal and private grants to improve addiction treatment, Medical News Today reported Jan. 5.

“We have treatments that work, and we have people who want treatment,” said center director Paul Roman. “The problem now is getting treatment providers to adopt new, promising practices so that substance abusers can get the best treatment available.”

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Washington — Patients who mistake the meaning of basic medical terms often fail to obtain proper care until health issues mushroom into huge problems. It’s such a major issue that the U.S. Senate may take action this year to tackle it.

Last month, a bipartisan group of senators introduced the National Health Literacy Act of 2007. The bill’s primary sponsor, Sen. Norm Coleman (R, Minn.), plans to recruit more Democratic and Republican co-sponsors in the Senate with the hope of holding a vote on the measure in 2008, according to his press office.

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