Pulse

Briefs

Pediatricians screen for postpartum depression, Allina and HealthPartners team up, hospital association calls for action on patient safety.

 

DIAMOND in the Rough

A program that is changing depression management is showing impressive remission rates. But sustaining it is proving to be a challenge.

 

Decisions, Decisions

Doctors are using new tools to help patients make choices about treatment options.

 

Fairview’s Big Idea

Fairview Health Services is attempting health care reform from the inside out.

 

End Notes

Error Out

Shining light on a mistake provides an opportunity for many to learn.

By David W. Moen, M.D.
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Cover Story

Game Changer

Interoperability is the key to realizing the potential of electronic medical records.

By Howard Bell

 

Perspective

Building a Home

Twenty tips for creating a medical home.

 

You Kids

Sometimes the best medicine is stopping care.

By Lisa Freitag, M.D.

 

Clinical and Health Affairs

An Innovative Model for Tuberculosis Control: An Academic Medical Center–Public Health Department Partnership

By Prathibha Varkey, M.D., M.P.H., M.H.P.E., Samar Harris, M.B.B.S., Larry Edmonson, M.P.H., Kevin McCoy, B.S.N., R.N., P.H.N., Timothy Aksamit, M.D., and Michael D. Brennan, M.D.
 

The Need for POLST: Minnesota’s Initiative

By Lem Vawter, M.D., M.P.H., and Edward Ratner, M.D.
 

Minnesota’s Baskets-of-Care Project: Scope, Components, and Measurement

By Cally Vinz, R.N., Joann Foreman, R.N., and Sara Bonneville

 

Commentary

Substance Abuse Prevention Can’t Be an Afterthought in Health Care Reform

By Jerry Jaker, Ed.S.
 

Reflections on Reform

Physicians and policy experts share their thoughts on federal health care reform.

 

Editor's Note

New and Improved?

 

MMA Viewpoint

Balancing Act

 

MMA News

Ruling Supports Newborn Screening Program
MMA Supports Medicare Payment Reform Despite AMA Opposition
DFL Leaders Announce Plan to Save GAMC

 

Tracking Reform

 

Letters

 
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