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PubMed1995

Written patient information on prescription drugs. The evolution of government and voluntary programs in the United States.

This paper describes the evolution of written patient information on prescription drugs, FDA's patient package insert proposal and its revocation before its implementation in the early 1980s, the status of voluntary and government efforts since that time, and a review of current trends in this area. The burgeoning practice of direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs in the lay press is viewed within the context of these efforts. This paper also reviews the current developments in certain FDA-regulated consumer products--over-the-counter drug labeling and nutrition labeling. The current state of patient information in the United States is reviewed in light of programs to improve prescription drug counseling, and current research in this area is discussed.

Consumer Advocacy↗
PubMed1980

Environmental Protection Agency--Hazardous waste and consolidated permit regulations, Parts X-XI. Final rule.

This rule establishes consolidated permit program requirements governing the Hazardous Waste Management program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Underground Injection Control (UIC) program under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program and State Dredge on Fill ("404") programs under the Clean Water Act (CWA), and the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program under the Clean Air Act, for three primary purposes: (1) To consolidate program requirements for the RCRA and UIC programs with those already established for the NPDES program. (2) To establish requirements for State programs under the RCRA, UIC, and Section 404 programs. (3) To consolidate permit issuance procedures for EPA-issued Prevention of Significant Deterioration permits under the Clean Air Act with those for the RCRA, UIC, and NPDES programs.

Government Agencies↗
PubMed2000

The role of government in postgraduate training programs in women's health.

This paper examines the role of the federal government in postgraduate training programs in women's health. Health care professional education has long been an interest of many agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services. Although federal agencies have not been directly involved in the creation of curriculum or funding of training programs in women's health, they have helped to catalyze wide public and private support of these programs. The Office on Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women's Health, and the Health Resources and Services Administration have each provided recommendations for the inclusion of women's health in the medical school curriculum. Additionally, the Council on Graduate Medical Education, an advisory body to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and Congress, has recommended that physicians develop a broad understanding of health conditions specific to women. Although federal funding is not available for the development of training programs in women's health, continued public and private interest will foster the development of post-graduate training programs that will improve the delivery of health care for women in the United States.

Curriculum↗
PubMed2001

Vaccination policies and programs: the federal government's role in making the system work.

Government agencies play a key role, from preclinical development to postlicensure monitoring, in making vaccinations one of the leading public health interventions. Important steps in this process include development and testing of vaccine antigens, evaluation of clinical and manufacturing data leading to licensure, formulation of recommendations, vaccine purchase, defining strategies to improve coverage, compensation of those injured by vaccine adverse reactions, and monitoring vaccine impact and safety. Using examples of newly recommended vaccines, this article describes the infrastructure that underlies a safe and effective program and highlights some of the opportunities and threats likely to impact the system in coming years.

Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems↗
PubMed1998

Training for rural family medicine: a cooperative venture of government, university, and community in Alberta.

Training, recruiting, and retaining family physicians in rural areas are issues that have attracted the attention of governments, university training programs, medical governing bodies, and rural communities. In this article, the authors describe a cooperative venture between government, university, and community in the province of Alberta to train medical students and residents in rural areas. The Rural Physician Action Plan (RPAP) was developed in the early 1990s to improve the recruitment and retention of physicians in rural areas. The RPAP is coordinated by a committee composed of representatives of the Alberta government, the Alberta Medical Association, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta, and the faculties of Medicine at the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary. Residents in the University of Alberta Department of Family Medicine are required to do 20 weeks of blocktime training in a community practice, and under the auspices of the RPAP rural training sites were identified and rural rotations developed. Faculty development activities were developed for the community physicians who would host the residents. The RPAP funds 24 third-year residency positions, equally divided between the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta. Beginning in 1994, undergraduate medical students at the University of Alberta were required to complete a four-week family medicine rotation, with a majority of students being posted to rural training sites. The extent to which the RPAP has helped to recruit and retain physicians in rural areas is not clear. The provincial Ministry of Health evaluated the RPAP in 1995 and concluded that, at a minimum, without the RPAP the province would have suffered a net loss of rural physicians. The communities have been very accepting and supportive of the students and residents.

Alberta↗
PubMed2005

The need for an organized approach for Government Medical Insurance Programs in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The Commonwealth of Virginia has a disorganized approach to enrolling their retired faculty in Medicare Supplement Insurance Programs. An organized approach to establishing Medicare Supplemental Insurance for retired University faculty should include the following administrative changes to correct this potential health-care crisis for retired state faculty members. First, the ombudsman for human resources for the state universities must receive educational programs that prepare the retired faculty members over the age of 65 to select the corporate insurance policy from Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield Insurance Company. Included in this educational program should be a review of the Advantage 65 Member Handbook. Second, they must point out to the faculty member that they are receiving a CORPORATE insurance policy rather than an individual insurance policy from Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield Insurance Company. They must provide the telephone numbers of the Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield offices in Roanoke, Virginia. Concomitantly, they must send the name and address of the faculty member to the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Human Resource Management. They should inform the faculty member that the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Human Resource Management will be sending them newsletters that outline any changes in the corporate insurance policy that they coordinate with the Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield Insurance Company. The Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Human Resource Management must take on some new responsibilities in their efforts to coordinate health-care coverage of the retired faculty over the age of 65. First, they must have a computer registry of all corporate health-care policies of the individual faculty members to ensure that newsletters are being sent to them. Ideally, this agency should have a computerized system that allows it to send out its newsletter update by email to those retired faculty members who have computers. They should urge the faculty members to initiate an automatic check payment withdrawal from their bank so that the premiums from their corporate insurance policy can be paid promptly to Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield Insurance Company. Whereas the universities and the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Human Resource Management are making these responsible changes, Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield Insurance Company must undertake innovative changes in their corporate health-care policy to assist the retired faculty member. For instance, they must list on the insurance card that the faculty member has a corporate policy. Like the United Health Insurance Company, it would be advisable to offer a 2-5% reduction in the cost of the corporate insurance policy if the faculty member begins an automatic premium payment agreement through their bank. This insurance discount would be an added incentive for the faculty member to do automatic payments through their bank.

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