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Understanding Managed Care: Learning the Essentials Through Case Presentations

is tailored for and available to the following audiences:

Practitioners
Primary care residents
Surgical residents
Medical students

The CD-ROM establishes an introductory framework for understanding the principles and practices of managed care with emphasis on the changing role of the physician, sharing financial risk, allocating budgeted resources and improving quality. Development of the CD-ROM was supported through a $1.27 million grant from the national Partnerships for Quality Education Initiative, sponsored by The Pew Charitable Trusts.

The four courses in the interactive CD-ROM include:

Managed Care Basics
Resource Allocation
New Dimensions of Quality
Practicing Managed Care

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Odering Information
One copy of the CD-ROM is $35. Shipping is included at media mail rate. For information on quantity discounts or to obtain a site license for your institution or organization, contact THCI at 617-636-1000 or www.thci.org. To order your CD-ROMs, visit our online store by clicking here Initial development of the CD-ROM was supported through a grant from the national Partnerships for Quality Education initiative, sponsored by The Pew Charitable Trusts, with supplemental unrestricted grants from Astra-Zeneca and The Merck Company Foundation.

Making Care Decisions at the End of Life: Three CD-ROM Series and Facilitator's Guide
This three-part series of trigger scenarios and roundtable discussions is designed for facilitated discussions in small groups or in Grand Rounds settings. It is intended to develop physicians' and other clinicians’ knowledge, comfort, and interactive skills so that they may better assist patients and families faced with "making care decisions at the end of life."

CD-ROM Titles
• Talking about Death and Dying • Withdrawing or Withholding Care • Dealing with Medical Futility
Goals
• To raise awareness of gaps in delivery of end-of-life care; • To highlight the ethical and clinical responsibilities of those who provide care to patients with life-threatening conditions. Designed for facilitated discussions in small groups or Grand Rounds settings. Also useful for self-paced study. Click here to learn more. Click here to order. Development funding was provided in part by grants from Lisa Kuhmerker, PhD, and Gifts of Time Foundation. Distribution of the CD-ROMs is supported in part through an educational grant from Pfizer Pharmaceuticals.