Sentences with phrase «patient volume physicians»

Not exact matches

But several factors — the insurance industry's practice of compensating obstetricians per intervention, the growing pressures on physicians to carry a high volume of patients, the fear of lawsuits should births go badly — have combined to dissuade hospitals and medical practices from taking a wait - and - see approach to healthy labors.

«Identifying the correct, specific diagnosis often can be challenging for physicians who do not see a high volume of patients with spinal cord impairment,» says Nicholas Zalewski, M.D., a clinical fellow in the Department of Neurology at Mayo Clinic and first author on the study.

In a related commentary, Paul B. Ginsburg, Ph.D., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, writes: «There is broad consensus among physicians, hospital and health insurance leaders, and policy makers to reform payment to health care providers so as to reduce the role of fee for service, which encourages high volume, and instead to use systems that reward better patient outcomes, such as bundled payments for a population or for an episode of care.»

Currently, cancer is present in one in 10 biopsies ordered by physicians, but all must be analyzed by pathologists to identify the extent and volume of the disease, determine if it has spread and whether the patient has an aggressive or indolent cancer and needs chemotherapy or a less drastic treatment.

We found that additional adjustment for length of stay, use of care, discharge location, patient volume, or physicians» years of practice did not affect our findings (eTable 4 in the Supplement).

We explored potential mechanisms for observed differences between male and female physicians, including differences in length of stay, use of care, patient volume (number of hospitalized Medicare patients each physician treated annually), and discharge location of patients (home, skilled nursing facility, rehabilitation facility, hospice, or other).

Research indicates that burnout is a multifactorial problem stemming from physicians» high patient volume, financial pressure, extremely long work hours and poor work — life balance, inefficiencies posed by the electronic medical record system, and the increasingly litigious work environment that has become characteristic of our modern medical system.

Clinics will rely on medical assistants more than ever to free physicians to see a larger volume of patients.

Tags for this Online Resume: Registered Nurse, Hospice, Rehabilitation, Healthcare Sales and Marketing, Physician and Community Relations, Discharge Planning, Program Management, Business Development, Volume Expansion, Medicare and Medicaid CoPs, Recruitment, Training, Personnel Management, Admissions, Insurance Verifications, Scheduling, Forcasting, Staff Development, Customer Service, Nursing Assessments, Problem Solving, Quality and Compliance, Educator, Pediatrics, Teacher of Exceptional Student Education, Branch Director, Front Office Administrator, Account Managment, Case Management, Patient Advocate

Core Competencies Staff Management • Sales & Marketing • Sourcing • Pharmaceutical Sales • Vendor Relations • Team Leadership Communications • Product Lifecycle & Development • Mentoring • Analysis & Planning Brand & Trade Development • Cross Functional Team Development & Management • Process Streamlining • Patient / Physician Relations • Operations Improvement • Profit & Volume Growth • Training / Consultant • Customer Service

Charge Nurse — Duties & Responsibilities Provide exceptional patient care and medical team support across a variety of medical disciplines Responsible for 30 residents with broad medical needs and diseases including dementia, Parkinson's, congestive heart failure, COPD, acute renal failure, MRSA, and stroke Implement physician directed treatment plans alerting medical team of patient status changes as appropriate Maintain patient charts and confidential information in a secure and organized manner Supervise and educate CNA on infection control and patient care best practices Advocate for patient rights striving to understand patient needs and concerns Administer medications via peripheral line assessing IV site and flow rate Monitor urinary elimination including consistency, odor, volume, and color indwelling catheter patients Inspect wounds for type, drainage, odor, presence of undermining and / or tunneling, and pain Collect specimens from patients for a variety of laboratory tests Assess patients receiving oxygenation therapy for symptoms of impaired gas exchange Maintain alignment of the affected joints post total hip / knee replacement Encourages deep breathing and coughing exercises Assesses pain control and evaluates response to pain management Perform all duties with positivity, professionalism, and integrity

Patient - focused pharmacist with proven strengths in fulfilling patient requirements, instruction, physician prescriptions, and delivering and disbursing prescription medication in a high volume sPatient - focused pharmacist with proven strengths in fulfilling patient requirements, instruction, physician prescriptions, and delivering and disbursing prescription medication in a high volume spatient requirements, instruction, physician prescriptions, and delivering and disbursing prescription medication in a high volume setting.

Professional Experience TLC Laser Eye Center (New York, NY) 2005 — 2008 Professional Relations Consultant • Responsible for the growth of referral volume within the five boroughs of New York • Generated 107 % growth across region after one quarter of management • Increased product and company awareness through direct mailings and other marketing efforts • Organized and hosted continuing education events for physicians and other medical personnel • Trained medical team in emerging Lasik technology use and patient counseling • Acquired large chain (Lens Crafters) to solely refer to all patients to TLC Laser Eye Center • Built and strengthened strong professional relationship with area physicians resulting in referrals

Extended a friendly greeting to all patients and managed scheduling, paperwork and office procedures within high - volume, 5 - physician family medical practice.

Physician tenants typically require more hand holding, he says, and there are greater maintenance and upkeep issues due to the high volume of patient traffic.