Sentences with phrase «asked by patients»

I often get asked by patients how they can test for a yeast infection at home — without spending a penny.

We are often asked by our patients, «How can I say «thank you» to those people who made a difference while I was in the hospital?»

Generally, they are asked by the patient or family member to visit, so that they may discuss personal issues that may be to painful to speak to with anyone else.

I'm a physician and was asked by a patient about post-Hashimoto's hypothyroidism and the WFPB diet.

Not exact matches

Today, patient experience is measured by a survey called the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (H.C.A.H.P.S.) The embattled survey asks multiple choice questions and aims to establish the quality of the care provided.

But in medicine, impressive technology is little more than a parlor trick if it doesn't benefit patients — like James (who asked to keep his last name private), a 42 - year - old colon cancer patient who had part of his large intestine removed by Sullivan a few months ago.

Of course, at one point it was worth asking how a company founded by a then 19 - year - old could invent a new, less - invasive way of drawing blood from patients.

Some health care providers and patients who spoke with the Journal were also asked by the company to sign papers saying their statements had been mischaracterized — before the Journal even published its story.

Her team created a new patient safety report, which expanded on the previous version by asking employees to describe incidents in their own words and to comment on the possible causes.

«All we can do is to ask clients to be patient, and tell them that the transaction is being vetted by SAFE for authenticity and may not be approved.»

Amber Ross, 27, another Gateway patient, told CNBC that she could avoid using her own ID by asking someone else to cash in the gift card using theirs.

Some would start by reading a story — rabbinical or biblical or secular — and simply ask the patients to respond.

The typical procedure is for the patient to take a lethal dose of poison (by swallowing pills, by injecting himself or by inhaling a gas, for example) that the patient has asked the physician to prescribe for that purpose.

The programs taught me about (1) admitting I was beat, (2) coming to believe in something greater than myself (eventually a higher power)(many evolutions and concepts of HP, all of these at one time or another: nature, the 12 steps, creator, Love, spiritual principles)(Step 3) applying my low self worth and gigantic Ego to these spiritual principles (4) write down my liabilities and assets (5) share them with another and my higher power (6 & 7) ask for the liabilites to be removed and be patient with the process (8) Make a list of all that were harmed by me (9) make amends to such folks except whn to do so would injure them or myself (10) take a daily inventory of my day, checking for snafus, mean temperment, arrogance etc (11) meditation and prayer to communicate to my higher power and quiet reflection to listen for the Truth (12) after having a spiritual awakening as a result of working these steps, help others if they wish for help because now I am in the position to assist.

All of us feel like a loser when we hit bumps in seeking to improve our lives, whether it is asking Jesus to help us be patient with a frustrating co-worker or seeking to care for your body by getting out to take a walk.

God, for Tertullian, is one, but not as exclusively one as Jews believe, being also three; father, but unacknowledged by Jews; merciful, forgiving even Jews; just, punishing especially Jews; wise, even in dealing with sinful Jews; consistent, despite the Jews; humble enough to accept death from Jews; patient, despite impatient Jews; revealed, but Jews fail to understand; lord of history, and proves it against Jews; limitless, except that God can not now ask anything Jewish.

Declaring war / judgment on a people group because of the things already discussed (child sacrifice, etc.) warning them, asking them to repent, having the message / messenger being confirmed by overt supernatural signs, being patient and waiting years, sometimes over a hundred years for people groups to repent...... that's one thing.

Because it can't be diagnosed by X-ray, doctors diagnose it by asking questions and getting patients to do simple physical activities — my son had to touch his nose and then touch the doctor's hand over and over.

Having staff identify patients by asking their name and checking the identification bracelet.

Ask providers how long a parent can expect to stay in the hospital or birth center after they deliver, and how many visits their patients usually have as part of routine postpartum care (usually only one or two are part of routine care covered by insurance).

Beginning conversations about lactation early in prenatal care by asking the patient and her family, «What have you heard about breastfeeding?»

At Pacific Fertility, we begin by asking all potential patients to meet with one of our physicians as well as with our in - house counselor Marriage and Family Therapist to understand the steps involved in the egg donation process.

None of the healthcare professionals contacted by Politics.co.uk could say with any certainty which organisations would be expected to follow them or how healthcare workers would identify which patients should be asked to provide evidence.

I pledge to: - Clean my hands at all the appropriate times, especially before and after patient care - Be open to a patient or visitor asking if I have cleaned my hands - Encourage my colleagues and patients to clean their hands - Use gloves and other personal protective equipment the right way - Get an annual flu shot and other necessary vaccines and encourage my patients to do the same - Stay home if I feel sick - Help prevent antibiotic resistance by understanding when antibiotics are needed and when they are not - Know and follow standard and isolation precaution guidelines - Identify the infection preventionists in my facility and ask how I can assist them in preventing infections - Keep both my patients» environment and my attire clean - Practice safe injection practices: One needle, one syringe, only one time Source: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology http://professionals.site.apic.org/get-social/preventing-infections-starts-with-me/ Derek Butler Chair, MRSA Action UK Email: [email protected] Website: http://mrsaactionuk.net/pottedhistoryMRSA.html Telephone: [phone]

«The 15 measures will help ensure people with diabetes are getting the care they need, and if they're not, Diabetes UK wants people to use the checklist and ask for the standards of care that have been recommended by expert bodies and patients across the UK.

The report was funded by Sir Terry Pratchett, a known campaigner for reform of the law, and someone who believes that a patient suffering from dementia should be euthanised if they ask for it.

In an early version of the nonprosecution agreement, for instance, prosecutors asked Dr. Taub to agree that he referred patients to Mr. Silver «in exchange» for official actions taken by the speaker.

In very few family conferences did health care professionals attempt to further understand surrogates» beliefs, for example, by asking questions about the patient's religion.

Question nine of the PHQ - 9 explores suicidality and asks patients if they have been bothered in the past two weeks by thoughts that they would be better off dead or hurting themselves.

They asked patients to wilfully change their brain activity by imagining themselves performing specific tasks for a certain amount of time.

A research team in Israel reported evidence of hyperalgesia in 17 of 30 patients with radiating spinal nerve pain by asking them to rate the intensity of heat pain on a numerical scale before and after a 4 - week course of hydromorphone.

In Abbott's day, doctors would simply ask their patients to respond, perhaps by opening their eyes.

Are doctors keeping their patients safe by freely prescribing antibiotics, Newman asks, or are they doing more harm than good?

When, for example, subjects were asked 20 times in succession to estimate the duration for which a square — displayed for exactly one second in each case — appeared on the screen, the estimates given by patients with schizophrenia exhibited a much higher level of variability than those of the control group.

Neuropsychologist Reiner Sprengelmeyer of Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, recently investigated this aspect of the disease by asking patients to identify the changing emotions expressed by a face on a computer screen.

Another study, conducted by Barbara Weber and her colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania, screened 263 breast cancer patients for BRCA1 mutations and asked them about their family history of breast and ovarian cancers.

The findings dovetail with a 2015 survey by the same research group, which asked cardiologists and primary care physicians about how they advise female patients with heart disease risk factors.

It was clear that he was a bit irritated at being asked to consult on a patient who so obviously didn't need to be seen by a surgeon.

«We also are looking at comprehensive packages for getting patients involved in preventing other types of complications by asking them to report any symptoms of pneumonia or deep vein thrombosis and reminding them when and how often to exercise to improve physical therapy outcomes,» Ms. Lu said.

Guinan, a bone marrow transplant specialist, began by asking her radiation therapy patients to provide her with fingernail and toenail clippings.

He urges patients to play a larger role by asking their doctor two questions: Do I really need this antibiotic?

Bundorf said she suspects that patients» financial incentives may also be influencing prescribing decisions — that is, they may be asking for the less expensive drug, particularly if they're covered by Medicare, whose patient co-pays sometimes reflect the cost of the drugs.

Yet Allen and psychologist William G. Iacono of the University of Minnesota reported in a 2001 review that although most direct memory tests — such as asking patients to recall a list of words in one alter state that they had previously encountered in a different alter state — reveal a lack of transfer of memories across alters, subtler tests usually reveal that memories formed by one alter are in fact accessible to others.

The patients were asked to move a mouse cursor on a computer screen by using only their thoughts to control the cursor's movement.

Published today in Clinical Medicine, the peer review journal for the Royal College of Physicians, the researchers studied the amount and type of alcohol drunk by 404 liver patients, and also asked patients how much they paid for alcohol.

The researchers also gave the computer a series of «identity parades» by asking the software to choose which patient out of ten scans went on to suffer bleeding.

To carry out the test, the patients and control group were asked to provide breath samples, which were collected using a breath sampling protocol developed by Ms. Raquel Fernandez del Rio, a Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher in the Molecular Physics Group.

The psychiatrists were present to provide support and check in on patients throughout the process by asking how they were feeling.

Although addressing the broader concern of drug costs will require shifts in policy, patients can take some immediate steps, by asking their doctors and pharmacists for help, Malani says.

In a study by the Georgia Institute of Technology, pediatric patients who were asked questions about their symptoms and provided information about asthma via SMS text messages showed improved pulmonary function and a better understanding of their condition within four months, compared to other groups.