Sentences with phrase «increasing numbers of hospitals»

Increasing numbers of hospitals are welcoming parents who desire water birth.

An increasing number of hospitals are cracking down on inductions, and for good reason.

In turn, we find an increasing number of hospital and health care providers featuring Tai Chi as part of their Integrative Medicine programs for healing, recovery and long - term wellness.

Not exact matches

Comments: A sharp increase in the number of people without insurance could hurt hospitals» finances as they treat more uninsured patients.

* Increase acute care capacity by moving ahead with a new hospital in Calgary as well as increasing the number of beds in Edmonton and rural Alberta.

When Ebola spread into Liberia, my usual hospital work turned more and more toward treating the increasing number of Ebola patients.

The liberalization of some state laws permits increasing numbers of voluntary admissions to state hospitals.

An increasing number of restaurants, takeaways, pizzerias, canteens in schools, universities and hospitals are now offering gluten free meal options.

The growth in the number of parents seeking home births and the increase in documentaries about hospital birth trauma is caused by birth rape, not the other way around.

Overall, about 96 percent of the women were breastfeeding right after delivery, and giving birth at a BFHI - accredited hospital did not seem to increase the number of women breastfeeding over the next few months.

My critical appraisal of the Wax (2010) can be found in an earlier post; however, the AAP not only cites Wax, but a number of other studies that support the claim that neonates have significantly increased mortality rates when born outside the hospital.

Some historians suggest that the right to a pain - free labor was part of the early feminist movement and also helped increase the number of women having hospital births.

That «30 % increase in HB» corresponds to a 0.2 % decrease in the number of hospital births.

Working with hospitals, not for them and not against them, will help increase the number of families having a more positive birth experience.

By the 1900's increasing numbers of women started having their babies at hospitals.

Great Beginnings NY aims to increase the number of NYS maternity hospitals meeting a more liimited number of steps that increast support for breastfeeding woen, including reducing formula supplementation of breastfed infants and marketing and promotion of infant formula.

In 1991 the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) launched the Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI), a global strategy aimed to increase the numbers of babies worldwide who are exclusively breastfed.

Increasing the breastfeeding rates (especially increasing the number of babies who are breastfed for at least 9 months) is one of the goals and the report states a few ways to get there, for example increasing the number of «baby - friendly» designated hospitals, as they encourage breaIncreasing the breastfeeding rates (especially increasing the number of babies who are breastfed for at least 9 months) is one of the goals and the report states a few ways to get there, for example increasing the number of «baby - friendly» designated hospitals, as they encourage breaincreasing the number of babies who are breastfed for at least 9 months) is one of the goals and the report states a few ways to get there, for example increasing the number of «baby - friendly» designated hospitals, as they encourage breaincreasing the number of «baby - friendly» designated hospitals, as they encourage breastfeeding.

From 2007 to 2013 the number of states with ≥ 60 % of hospitals implementing more than half of the steps increased from 4 to 21 (Figure).

In 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services endorsed the initiative, and since then the number of participating hospitals has steadily increased to a rate of nearly 17 percent of U.S. hospitals, according to BFHI accrediting organization Baby - Friendly USA.

The facility was in response to a request by the hospital administration to provide maternity block to serve the increasing number of pregnant women in the vicinity.

One solution to help meet increasing demand, and go some way to solving the unique issues around isolation from services in rural areas, could be to focus on increasing the number of smaller, satellite hospitals that are strategically located around existing central hubs in rural locations.

Increases in the numbers of infections recorded in NHS hospitals in England were seen from December 2014.

The Executive Order directed the Department of Health to work with the Transplant Council, Donate Life New York State, health care providers, and hospital systems licensed to provide organ transplant services in order to develop opportunities to increase the number of registered organ donors in the state.

The only way of increasing the number of organs available is to have a system in place and coordinators in hospitals where this is likely to happen.

The move is designed to have the state Department of Health work with the Transplant Council and the New York Alliance for Donation, as well as health providers and hospitals, to develop ways of increasing the number of people registered to donate organs.

Monday: Conservatives pledge 45,000 increase in the number of single rooms in hospitals by end of first term at a cost of # 1.57 bn (Guardian).

When you combine the financial donations made by doctors and hospitals with the fact that every person in the state has a stake in health care delivery you can answer your question concerning health care cost increases going unchecked for a number of years.

But, Poloncarz quickly added that the amendment is attached to a health care bill that would cause grave harm in Erie County, increasing the number of people without health insurance and thereby burdening local hospitals — and especially the county - funded Erie County Medical Center — with patients with no way to pay their bills.

The executive budget increased overall spending by only about $ 100 million compared to the preliminary budget, but added a number of new initiatives paid for by $ 1.25 billion in additional savings, including an ambitious plan to overhaul the floundering municipal hospital system, New York City Health + Hospitals.

«If the absolute risk increases of 1.51 percent for in - hospital mortality and 3.54 percent for major postoperative complications were modifiable, they would be consistent with the number needed to treat of 59 patients for in - hospital mortality and 28 patients for major postoperative complications.

«Over the last several years, we've seen an increase in the number of bacteria — many of which are forms of E. coli — that are resistant to commonly administered antibiotics,» said Leonard Mermel, D.O., medical director of the department of epidemiology and infection control at Rhode Island Hospital.

The growing use of comprehensive genetic tests in clinics and hospitals practically guarantees an increasing number of incidental discoveries in coming years.

«The increased risk is such that if Canada was to switch over to a system of private, for - profit hospitals, we would expect an additional 2200 Canadians to die each year,» says the cardiologist, adding that this number is comparable to that of Canadians dying each year in motor vehicle accidents or from colorectal cancer.

Hospital use increased among previously high uninsured groups — the number of hospitalizations increased by 2.8 percent among blacks and by 4.5 percent among Hispanics.

Moscow's air is heavily polluted and the city's hospitals have had to deal with an increasing number of cases of chronic bronchitis, asthma and lung cancer.

Neuroscientists Jing Wang and Freda Miller, both then at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, showed that when nondiabetic mice are given metformin, their memory improves, thanks to an increase in the neural stem cell population and in the number of these cells that develop into healthy neurons in the hippocampus, the brain's memory center.

After a decision in August 2012 to halt use of the alcohol - impregnated caps previously used on central lines at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center St. Margaret, the 250 - bed community hospital saw an increase in the number of CLABSIs occurring.

«One challenge to increasing the number of living organ liver transplants is donor ambivalence,» explains lead researchers Dr. Li - Chueh Weng with the School of Nursing, College of Medicine at Chang Gung University and Dr. Wei - Chen Lee with the Transplant Center at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital.

Finally, an increasing number of research - intensive medical schools and hospitals (where most physician - scientists work) have constructed multifaceted programs aimed at encouraging medical students to become involved with research before and after receiving their MD degree and at protecting the research time of young physician - scientists during their junior faculty appointments.22 - 24

Citing their own work and other recent studies, the researchers said the number of youths admitted to private psychiatric hospitals increased by as much as 400 percent from 1980 to 1984.

The damage this is doing to children's health is clearly apparent as there has been a fourfold increase in the number of hospital admissions of children and teenagers for obesity related illnesses over the last decade.

Emergency - room personnel at Harris Methodist Northwest Hospital in Azle, Texas, noted a 36 percent increase in the number of cases of MRSA among 8 - to -18-year-olds in 2004.

One hospital profiled in a case report noted an increase in new - patient numbers of 30 to 40 a month, all of which were tracked directly to wellness plans.

With summer approaching and temperatures on the rise, veterinary hospitals will be seeing an increase in the number of heat - related injuries or hyperthermia.

At our veterinary hospital, we have received increasing numbers of questions regarding the feeding of raw food diets to pets.

«With this grant, we can now increase the number of pet therapy dogs at the hospital from seven to 15, allowing us to complete 53 percent more patient and caregiver visits each year,» says Joanne Hochu who works in the Child Life Department and oversees the Dog Visitation Program at BC Children's Hhospital from seven to 15, allowing us to complete 53 percent more patient and caregiver visits each year,» says Joanne Hochu who works in the Child Life Department and oversees the Dog Visitation Program at BC Children's HospitalHospital.

In Colorado, where recreational marijuana use is now legal, veterinarians are seeing a definite increase in the number of pets being brought in to clinics and emergency hospitals suffering from marijuana poisoning after ingesting pot - laced edibles.

Currently, there are 12 therapy dogs «on - staff» at Riley Hospital for Children, but with more therapy dog teams, the program will be able to expand their services to additional units and increase the number of patients and families who benefit from the healing power of pets.

According to Kimberly Cerny, the practice manager at Blum Animal Hospital in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood, veterinarians in the area have seen a «drastic increase in the number of severe upper respiratory cases coming into their practices and at Blum» within the past two weeks.