Sentences with phrase «care as a physician»

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As a personalized care physician, I believe the Dufouil study also shows we must change the way we think about aging.

As health care costs keep rising, more people seem to be skipping physician visits.

Competition: Startups must compete against all the existing reproductive health care options available, such as primary care physicians and alternative telemedicine solutions.

For more than 80 years, patients have relied upon Board Certification as an indicator that their physician is current in their expertise and prioritizes quality care.

Participation by specialty physicians in an ABMS Member Board MOC program has a positive impact on patient care, improves outcomes, and serves as an important tool for consumers, hospitals, and physicians.

As a palliative care physician, BJ Miller is uniquely qualified to explore this topic.

To accomplish that, we support physicians and other health care professionals as they work to deliver the right care in the right place for their patients, our members.

Insurers, once forbidden from supervising physician work, now act as managers, peering over the shoulders of doctors in a vain effort to counteract payment incentives that have created an oversupply of insured care.

But as health care costs climb — employers pay 36 % more today than they did five years ago — companies are betting on long - term cost savings with their own clinics staffed with physicians, nurses, even chiropractors, physical therapists and pharmacists.

The deal will help Abbott expand in point - of - care diagnostic testing, a market that is growing as physicians increasingly adopt rapid tests that speed up treatment.

Providing patients and physicians with an accurate way to track and report seizures could lead to advancements in how care is provided for those who suffer from conditions, such as epilepsy — 3.4 million people in the US suffer from the condition, according to a CDC estimate.

Noting that an important goal of the Affordable Care Act is enrolling the uninsured in insurance plans — which will theoretically put more money in doctors» pockets — Jackson said, «As major stakeholders and advocates in this effort, physicians should be educated about how these changes will impact them, their patients and their prospective patients.»

A handful — such as Boeing Co., Xerox Corp. and Wal - Mart Stores Inc. — have pushed hospitals and physicians who treat their employees to improve the way they deliver medical care.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

As an integral member of the primary care team, the Health Partner works in direct partnership with the primary care physician to help patients improve their health and wellness through sustainable behavior change.

He was working as a critical - care physician at Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga when he identified a significant problem in the healthcare system: physicians were still making orders with handwritten notes.

Medicare Part B: Supplementary medical insurance for Medicare beneficiaries; provides physician services and other ambulatory care (such as outpatient hospital services and tests).

Moneyball was used as a metaphor to illustrate the power of analytics in health care and targeted hospitals, health systems and large physician groups.

As a reminder, this is a series of posts highlighting physicians who excel at something outside of medicine and care enough to share their passions with us.

As a result, they are willing to pay a fee for immediate access and longer visits with their primary care physician.

An «Advanced Care Planning Visit» is a relatively routine visit with a physician or provider where a patient can start or complete documents such as a living will or establishing a healthcare power of attorney.

That we, as physicians, are responsible for the care and well being of both our pregnant woman patient and her unborn child.

As to what this has to do with the overall purpose of the Evangel blog I would offer the suggestion that one of the great losses we have suffered as evangelicals is the loss of the practice of «soul care,» and we need to recover the tradition of ministers as «physicians of the soul.&raquAs to what this has to do with the overall purpose of the Evangel blog I would offer the suggestion that one of the great losses we have suffered as evangelicals is the loss of the practice of «soul care,» and we need to recover the tradition of ministers as «physicians of the soul.&raquas evangelicals is the loss of the practice of «soul care,» and we need to recover the tradition of ministers as «physicians of the soul.&raquas «physicians of the soul.»

This drives the cost to the tax payer up much more than a universal health care program that would treat everyone fairly by private physicians and use the more expensive emergency rooms for emergencies as they were intended.

He or she just needs to be the «attending physician,» defined in the new California statute as a doctor having «primary responsibility for the health care of an individual and treatment of the individual's terminal disease.»

I thank Michael Knower for his insightful «on - the - ground» report as a palliative care physician in Oregon, which affords him firsthand experience with the adverse effects of the law permitting assisted suicide.

You should always consult with your primary care physician whenever making a drastic change in diet and / or lifestyle, such as going vegan.

I also hope that we are able to better educate physicians and those in health care who could help identify those with celiac and non-celiac gluten sensitivity so that others will not have to suffer as so many of us have, with protracted illness and poor health due to misdiagnosis.

The information contained on this site is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition and is not to be used as a substitute for the care and guidance of a physician.

A concussion is defined as an «immediate and transient post-traumatic impairment of neural function» by the Zurich Consensus, a document developed primarily for use by physicians involved in the care of injured athletes.

«As health care providers dealing with concussions, we need to be aware that many concussed patients may be bullied or shamed on social media by friends or teammates who may not believe that they are experiencing concussion symptoms, or that those symptoms are lingering,» notes Mark Halstead, M.D., a sports medicine physician and Director of the Washington University Sports Concussion Clinic & Young Athlete Center.

Once kids become legal adults at age 18, they can visit an adult primary care physician (PCP), such as an internal medicine doctor (internist), a general practitioner, or a family medicine doctor.

As a companion piece to Keith Cronin's excellent article on the use of PRP in which the both sides of the debate about PRP are presented, and based on a point - counterpoint debate conducted via email between the two experts whose views are expressed in Keith's piece, Dr. Nathan Mall, associate physician for the St. Louis Cardinals and Director for the St. Louis Center for Cartilage Restoration and RepairRegeneration Orthopedics, and Andrew M. Blecher MD, a Primary Care Sports Medicine physician and Medical Director of the Center for Rehabilitation Medicine at the Southern California Orthopedic Institute in Van Nuys, California, here are what Drs. Mall and Blecher have to say about the current state of the research on PRP.

Pediatrics, he worked as an attending physician at the CHLA Emergency Department as well as at Cedars Sinai Urgent Care.

Prior to joining the Washington State HCA, Dr. Lessler also maintained an active primary care practice and served as an attending physician at Harborview Medical Center.

ROCHELLE MCLEAN: I always tell patients physicians have to be on top of so many things healthcare things illness things that a lot of times they know that breastfeeding can be part of a lactation consultant responsibility as part of a team of care providers.

Whether you are giving birth or seeing your child through an illness or after surgery, you want to choose a hospital that has outstanding physicians and midwives as well as warm caring nurses who are the cream of the crop.

That's one of the ways I can help people as a primary care physician.

It is very important during this time that care be given to a healthy pregnancy diet, consultation with the physician as to the use of prenatal vitamins or changes to any medications a woman is taking.

As for my specific experience with OB / GYN care, my physician invited us to take photographs in the OR, something that is hotly contested in ORs around here during c - section births, because she said, «If I screw up, I'm going to be worrying about a lot more than whether you have photos and videos of it.»

«As camp physicians, we are always trying to do a better job taking good care of the campers.»

Acute youth sports injuries, such as a sprained ankle, or moderate to severe strain, should be seen by a child's primary care physician, who can help decide if a referral to a sports injury specialist, such as an orthopedist, is required.

Team physicians, athletic trainers, and other personnel responsible for the medical care of athletes face no more challenging problem than the recognition, evaluation and management of concussions (generally defined as injury to the brain caused by a sudden acceleration or deceleration of the head that results in any immediate, but temporary, alteration in brain functions, such as loss of consciousness, blurred vision, dizziness, amnesia or loss of memory).

They work as a regional team, which can include real - time consults with emergency medicine physicians and other specialists — ensuring you always receive the highest - quality care.

For products used by special care newborns and small children, we turn to medical specialists such as pediatric gastroenterologists, neonatal physicians, midwives, pediatric nurse practitioners and Cranio Osteopaths.

The information contained on this website has not been prepared by a physician, is not intended as medical advice, and is not a substitute for regular medical care.

As a Family Physician my work is largely focused on the care of pregnant women and newborn babies.

The highest rates of breastfeeding are observed among higher - income, college - educated women > 30 years of age living in the Mountain and Pacific regions of the United States.60 Obstacles to the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding include physician apathy and misinformation,61 - 63 insufficient prenatal breastfeeding education, 64 disruptive hospital policies, 65 inappropriate interruption of breastfeeding, 62 early hospital discharge in some populations, 66 lack of timely routine follow - up care and postpartum home health visits, 67 maternal employment68, 69 (especially in the absence of workplace facilities and support for breastfeeding), 70 lack of broad societal support, 71 media portrayal of bottle - feeding as normative, 72 and commercial promotion of infant formula through distribution of hospital discharge packs, coupons for free or discounted formula, and television and general magazine advertising.73, 74

If a physician is unwilling or «too busy» to meet with you, take that as a sign that you have not yet found the best candidate to handle your child's care.

Licensed Midwives in Washington state are independent health care providers, serving as part of the larger healthcare community that also includes obstetricians, family practice physicians, naturopathic doctors, and other allied health care providers.