Sentences with phrase «alternative care settings»

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The law also identifies palliative care as an option, setting aside the fallacy that a horrible death and the supposedly humane option of assisted suicide are the only alternatives.

Also, just as parents set standards for self - care, sleep, eating habits and helping around the house for children of all ages, they need to not only set standards for time spent with electronics but encourage healthy alternatives as well.

Unit cost estimation involved a combination of bottom - up and top - down costing methods and followed guidance on costing healthcare services as part of an economic evaluation.15 17 Detailed unit costs, derived from the finance departments of participating trusts and information provided by senior midwives, were estimated for resource inputs into the following components of intrapartum and after birth care for all settings: homebirth delivery packs; NHS reimbursement for midwifery travel; some forms of pain relief; alternative modes of delivery; active management of the third stage of labour; suturing for episiotomy; suturing third and fourth degree perineal tears; manual removal of the placenta; blood transfusions; and care after a stillbirth or neonatal death.

Moreover, robust evidence on the cost effectiveness of birth in alternative settings is a priority, as was highlighted by the recent National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) clinical guidance on intrapartum care.11 The Birthplace in England research programme was designed to fill gaps in research evidence about the processes and outcomes associated with different settings for birth in the NHS in England.

Since the early 1990s, government policy on maternity care in England has moved towards policies designed to give women with straightforward pregnancies a choice of settings for birth.1 2 In this context, freestanding midwifery units, midwifery units located in the same building or on the same site as an obstetric unit (hereafter referred to as alongside midwifery units), and home birth services have increasingly become relevant to the configuration of maternity services under consideration in England.3 The relative benefits and risks of birth in these alternative settings have been widely debated in recent years.4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Lower rates of obstetric interventions and other positive maternal outcomes have been consistently found in planned births at home and in midwifery units, but clear conclusions regarding perinatal outcome have been lacking.

Hospitalists typically work in shifts; therefore, within the same hospital, patients treated by hospitalists are plausibly quasi-randomized to a given physician based on when patients become sick and based on hospitalists» work schedule.34 We defined hospitalists using a validated approach: general internists who filed at least 90 % of their total evaluation and management billings in an inpatient setting.35 Second, to evaluate whether our findings were sensitive to how we attributed patients to physicians, we tested the following 2 alternative attribution methods: attributing patients to physicians who had the largest number of evaluation and management claims and attributing patients to physicians who billed the first evaluation and management claim for a given hospitalization.25, 36,37 Third, within some hospitals, male internists may be more likely to work in intensive care units and have severely ill patients.

National University sets the standard in training for careers in health care and provides a dynamic atmosphere where students, faculty and clinicians of various complementary and alternative health professions work together in an integrative environment.

We aim to set the bar high and continuously improve the health and nutritional status of all pets through research and the development of alternative health care options.

Dr. Newman drew upon her education in human nutrition, homeopathy and alternative care and set out to research and develop safe, effective programs for all pets.

The third exception applies to communications tailored to the Start Printed Page 82494circumstances of a particular individual and made by a health care provider or health plan to an individual in the course of managing the treatment of that individual or for the purpose of directing or recommending to that individual alternative treatments, therapies, providers, or settings of care.

While your clinical externship is required for graduation, keep in mind this is YOUR prime opportunity to expand your knowledge base by asking questions, being exposed to alternative techniques and observing the customer service skills, diagnostic analysis and health care challenges and solutions you only heard about in the classroom setting.

Her current research projects funded by the Australian Research Council and other funding bodies are investigating ways of regulating the use of seclusion and restraint in health care settings in different countries; what supported decision - making means for individuals with severe mental health issues and finding alternatives to preventive detention for accused persons considered unfit to stand trial.

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Urgent Need for Improved Mental Health Care and a More Collaborative Model of Care James Lake, MD; Mason Spain Turner, MD This article reviews challenges facing mental health care and proposes an agenda for developing a collaborative care model in primary care settings that incorporates conventional biomedical therapies and complementary and alternative medicine approacCare and a More Collaborative Model of Care James Lake, MD; Mason Spain Turner, MD This article reviews challenges facing mental health care and proposes an agenda for developing a collaborative care model in primary care settings that incorporates conventional biomedical therapies and complementary and alternative medicine approacCare James Lake, MD; Mason Spain Turner, MD This article reviews challenges facing mental health care and proposes an agenda for developing a collaborative care model in primary care settings that incorporates conventional biomedical therapies and complementary and alternative medicine approaccare and proposes an agenda for developing a collaborative care model in primary care settings that incorporates conventional biomedical therapies and complementary and alternative medicine approaccare model in primary care settings that incorporates conventional biomedical therapies and complementary and alternative medicine approaccare settings that incorporates conventional biomedical therapies and complementary and alternative medicine approaches.

According to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), reunification was the stated permanency planning goal for 44 % of children in care.12 At the same time, in an effort to expedite children's placement into permanent families, many agencies concurrently plan for family reunification and an alternative permanency option, such as adoption or kinship care, should reunification not be achieved within the set timelines defined under ACare Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), reunification was the stated permanency planning goal for 44 % of children in care.12 At the same time, in an effort to expedite children's placement into permanent families, many agencies concurrently plan for family reunification and an alternative permanency option, such as adoption or kinship care, should reunification not be achieved within the set timelines defined under Acare.12 At the same time, in an effort to expedite children's placement into permanent families, many agencies concurrently plan for family reunification and an alternative permanency option, such as adoption or kinship care, should reunification not be achieved within the set timelines defined under Acare, should reunification not be achieved within the set timelines defined under ASFA.

Developing an alternative cost model to the Market Rate Survey for setting child care payment rates.

Alternative carers, whether in institutional settings or foster care, need support and guidance in the process of taking care of these especially vulnerable children.