Preferred Practice Patterns (PPPs) from the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) are designed to identify characteristics and components of quality eye care. Developed by a panel of experts (the Quality of Care Secretariat and the PPP Committee) and based on the best available scientific data, PPPs provide guidance for the pattern of practice, not for the care of a particular individual.

Making Evidence-Based Medicine Doable in Everyday Practice - An article from the February 2004 Family Practice Management Magazine of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

RR 7-2004, which was drawn up by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, clarifies the coverage of the law providing VAT exemption to services rendered by professionals. The law exempting doctors and lawyers from the VAT took effect in January this year.

"You Should See My Doctor": Cost-Effective Marketing Ideas for Your Practice by James M. Giovino, MD.

Marketing, whether it's simply through word of mouth or through professional-looking print advertisements, doesn't have to cost you a lot of money or time or cause you a moral dilemma. It is simply a means for letting patients know that you are willing and able to care for them. Given today's environment, in which patients are eager to find a true health care advocate, it shouldn't be a tough sell but a welcome invitation.

WHO interim guidelines on clinical management of humans infected by influenza A(H5N1)

Contents
- Objectives
- General considerations
- Infection control and prevention of nosocomial spread of influenza A(H5N1)
- Case management
- Discharge policy
- Public health measures
- Annex 1 - Summary of preliminary clinical features of humans infected by influenza A(H5N1)
- Annex 2 - Exposures that may have put a person at risk of becoming infected with influenza A(H5N1)