Déjà vu all over again: Elliott's critique of eyewitness experts.

Medicare advantage: déjà vu all over again?

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003 expands the role of private health plans in Medicare through prescription drug plans and a revised Medicare+Choice (M+C), renamed Medicare Advantage, program. This paper discusses the factors responsible for the failure of M+C to develop as intended in 1997 and analyzes the challenges for MMA implementation in ligh...

Standardization of endoscopy reporting: déjà vu all over again?

Déjà Vu...all over again? The importance of instrument drying.

Physiology in Medicine--Déjà vu all over again.

THIS ISSUE MARKS THE BIRTH of PIM in the journal. PIM stands for Physiology in Medicine; it is an APS Publications program that has existed for many years. Under the very capable editorship of the late Dale Benos, PIM was housed in the Annals of Internal Medicine until that partnership ended a few years ago. Encouraged by the APS Publications Committee to restart PIM within the current APS rese...

Mammography and women under 50: déjà vu all over again?

“The USPSTF recommends against routine screening mammography in women aged 40 to 49 years. The decision to start regular biennial screening mammography before the age of 50 should be an individual one and take into account patient context, including the patient's values regarding specific benefits and harms. The USPSTF recognizes that clinical or policy decisions involve more considerations tha...