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Managed Care Systems and Emerging Infections Challenges and Opportunities for Strengthening Surveillance, Research, and Prevention: Workshop Summary (2000) / Chapter Skim
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... The fight against infectious diseases through prevention, surveillance, treatment, and research represents one of many areas in which managed care organizations have the potential to make marked improvements in a community's health. To make such a contribution, however, controls on reimbursements for health care expenditures must be reevaluated, as they can pose an impediment to effective collaboration among managed care organizations and the public health community.
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... If such trends continue, the result may be lost opportunities to mitigate the impacts of infectious diseases. However, collaborations between the public health community and managed care industry can ensure that the public's health is protected and that the health care environment is increasingly managed with cost containment as a goal.
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... involving clinicians in guideline development and implementation. SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING The surveillance and monitoring of emerging infections, including microbial resistance, in the managed care environment demand an effective partnership among health care providers, academic health centers, commercial laboratories, and the traditional public health system.
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... Although further studies are needed to address the increasing costs associated with formularies, some practices that could provide quality health care without adverse repercussions were identified. The following challenges and opportunities to the development of drug formularies in managed care organizations are discussed in this workshop summary:
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... need for new management strategies for cost reduction, and . achieving quality care and cost containment.
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