Sentences with phrase «care than hospital»

They are much more interested in prevention and community care than hospital care.

A concern is that not adjusting readmissions data for poverty or other socioeconomic factors could mislead the public into thinking that hospitals with a large share of disadvantaged patients provide lower - quality care than hospitals with more affluent patients.

Not exact matches

Regulatory and social issues could also be factors many hospital patients will want a human nurse rather than a robot to care for them when they wake up after surgery.

But now that Obamacare is ensuring health care providers get paid for better outcomes rather than the number of visits a patient makes to the doctor, you can be sure hospitals will be using data to make sure they're delivering the best treatment they can.

The situation is pressuring U.S. hospitals to pay at least $ 230 million more a year than they ordinarily would to find alternative treatments, according to Michael Alkire, COO of Premier, an alliance of hospitals and health care providers.

Premier Inc., which negotiates on behalf of 3,750 U.S. hospitals and 130,000 other health - care providers, said it's getting percentage discounts in the mid-teens, on average, and more of its members are getting discounts than before the May program was unveiled.

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.

On Friday, April 19, Marriott Vacations Worldwide (NYSE: VAC) hosted its 16th Annual Caring Classic corporate charity golf tournament, raising a net donation of more than $ 170,000 for Greater Orlando Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

In «The Case of the Vanishing Quebec Physicians: How to Improve Access to Care,» author Claude E. Forget, former Quebec Minister of Health and Social Services, calls for primary care reforms that focus on providing more care in communities and clinics, rather than in hospitCare,» author Claude E. Forget, former Quebec Minister of Health and Social Services, calls for primary care reforms that focus on providing more care in communities and clinics, rather than in hospitcare reforms that focus on providing more care in communities and clinics, rather than in hospitcare in communities and clinics, rather than in hospitals.

Speaking purely from a who has to pay perspective — birth control is FAR cheaper than 9 months of prenatal care and a hospital delivery, which these days is in excess of $ 10,000.

In the study that established the difference, researchers looking at people two years after they first showed up at a hospital for care found that they scored significantly better on most outcome measures than a comparable group in the West....

But the idea that the minister is better equipped than anyone else to make home and hospital calls persists because the work of pastoral care has been spiritualized.

(d) According to the plan, all existing state hospitals of more than one thousand beds should be gradually converted into centers for the care of chronically ill persons, both physically and mentally ill.

It's exhausting enough when a loved one is sick and IS getting good care — this sounds more like a circus than a hospital.

To be the only chaplain in a 170 - bed hospital filled with a great number of people who are quadraplegic; to try to help these people rediscover and / or redefine a life value and quality that they often feel has been lost; to grow to care greatly about these people; to do all these things and yet deep, deep inside, to feel that you would rather be dead than be quadraplegic — that's hard to admit.

This is why Benedict was also quick to point out that the Catholic Church has done more than anyone else to help with the crisis» either through its hospitals that provide on the ground contact with those suffering from the disease or be it through orphanages that care for the children who have been left parentless from the pandemic.

Its team member - driven «Caring for Kids» campaign has raised more than $ 7 million for local children's hospitals.

Being the largest children's hospital in California it offers comprehensive care in more than 25 specialties.

Less than threemonths later he landed in intensive care at a Pittsburgh hospital, diagnosedwith dilated cardiomyopathy, an enlarged heart that lacked the ability to pumpnormally because of lost muscle fibers.

Many common sports injuries can be treated at urgent orthopedic care facilities with much less hassle than a hospital.

The point here is that the formula companies know that as along as breastfeeding mothers are successfully marketed the convenience of supplementing, whether occasionally or exclusively, they won't fight for better maternity leave (the U.S. has one of the worst of industrialized countries), better employee lactation programs, health care coverage for lactation counselors and pumps, and for hospitals that score better than a «D» on breastfeeding support.

We soon discovered that our less than 24 - hour old son was born with a life - threatening birth defect and we were immediately rushed to the McMaster Children's Hospital, for surgery and care.

We discussed the fact that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommendations for continuous monitoring were less cautious than the hospital's guidelines and I asked that the NICE ones be followed instead.

There are no studies that demonstrate that homebirth with a US homebirth midwife is less likely to kill or permanently disable either mother or baby than hospital birth under the care of an ob.

I know more than a few women who do consider their homebirth - transfer - to hospital «successful» homebirths, because their midwives made the call to transfer care before an emergency arose.

Yes, babies die in hospitals — though they are predominantly premature, no prenatal care, congenital defects, etc, not HEALTHY TERM babies — but the RELATIVE RISK is MUCH lower than comparable risk homebirth.

Low risk women in primary care at the onset of labour with planned home birth had lower rates of severe acute maternal morbidity, postpartum haemorrhage, and manual removal of placenta than those with planned hospital birth.

Generally, hospitals don't do investigations on the death of trisomy babies, yet more than 20 babies are considered to have died PREVENTABLE deaths in this single particular hospital under midwife - led care.

I would've thought that a low risk group affiliated with a hospital program could expect to see significantly lower mortality stats than a group where high - risk cases are being tackled by underqualified care providers.

• 8 out of 10 people (80 %) think fathers should feel as able as mothers to ask for flexible working • 8 out of 10 women (80 %) and more than 6 out of 10 men (62 %) agree that fathers are as good as mothers at caring for children • 7 out of 10 (70 %) agree, 42 % strongly, that society values a child's relationship with its mother more than it values a child's relationship with its father • Almost 6 out of 10 (59 %) agree with the statement that society assumes mothers are good for children, fathers have to prove it • 7 out of 10 (70 %) agree, 50 % strongly, that there should be a zero tolerance approach if fathers do not take on their parenting responsibilities • Almost 7 out of 10 (67 %) agree that dads should be encouraged to spend time in school reading with their child • 7 out of 10 (70 %) agree, 50 % strongly, that dads should be able to stay overnight with their partner in hospital when their baby is born.

It's how the 22 Shriners Hospital locations provided care to more than 121,000 children last year alone.

This new set of NICE guidelines concluded that healthy women with straightforward pregnancies are safer to give birth at home, or in a midwife - led birth centre, than at a hospital with the care of an obstetrician.

Despite the fact that the United States spends more money on health care than any other country — and more on maternity care than any other type of hospital care — maternal mortality rates are actually increasing for U.S. women rather than decreasing.

If you are planning to use the milk in an area where more than one baby has milk stored (e.g. hospital or day care) them remember to write you baby's name on it.

Flint and colleagues suggested that when midwives get to know the women for whom they provide care, interventions are minimised.22 The Albany midwifery practice, with an unselected population, has a rate for normal vaginal births of 77 %, with 35 % of women having a home birth.23 A review of care for women at low risk of complications has shown that continuity of midwifery care is generally associated with lower intervention rates than standard maternity care.24 Variation in normal birth rates between services (62 % -80 %), however, seems to be greater than outcome differences between «high continuity» and «traditional care» groups at the same unit.25 26 27 Use of epidural analgesia, for example, varies widely between Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London, and the North Staffordshire NHS Trust.

Conclusions: Low risk women in primary care at the onset of labour with planned home birth had lower rates of severe acute maternal morbidity, postpartum haemorrhage, and manual removal of placenta than those with planned hospital birth.

They don't allow VBACs, they don't take women with gestational diabetes or pre-existing medical problems, they transfer women with breech babies to hospital care before labour begins and they don't take women who are carrying more than one baby.

I had a 31 weeker, and while I was * immensely * grateful for the amazing NICU care he received, I would go home and read Jeevan's blog and feel somewhat guilty and so, so sad to read that while my preemie was snug and warm and fed in his isolette, being watched over by highly trained nurses and respiratory therapists, a baby older than mine died because the power went out in the hospital overnight (no backup generator) and they couldn't keep him warm enough.

Told me that OB - led hospital births «do more harm than they do good» and that she believes it is her job to «protect» her patients from standard hospital care.

The last time Naperville hosted a Healing Field of Honor, in 2009, supporters raised more than $ 100,000 for the Fisher House at Hines V.A. Hospital, which offers housing for families of military patients receiving medical care at Hines.

And more importantly, rather than just comparing home vs hospital overall, it compared midwife - led vs OB - led births at home vs hospital (as you should well know, in the Netherlands, low - risk women see a midwife, full stop — you have to be high - risk to see an OB, so hospital births are a combination of low - risk women under midwife care and high - risk women under OB care).

One of the best bits about a home birth is the level of care you get afterwards from the midwife - it's much better than anything you'll get in hospital.

Ludington - Hoe reports that this approach is standard care in Scandinavia and Germany, where many preemies leave the hospital about three weeks earlier than in the United States.

Mercy has grown to 44 acute care and specialty hospitals with over 40,000 co-workers, and a multispecialty physician group with more than 2,000 physicians.

Mudiwah established and directed a lactation resource center at a tertiary care medical system hospital that facilitated more than 3000 deliveries per year,.

The vast majority of births in Ireland take place in hospital, either in a dedicated maternity hospital or in the maternity unit of an acute hospital, but some women choose to have their baby at home and others choose a more low - tech approach in which they are cared for primarily by midwives rather than obstetricians.

The vast majority of births in Ireland take place in hospital, either in a dedicated maternity hospital or in the maternity unit of an acute hospital, but some women choose to have their baby at home and others choose a more low - tech approach such as a birth centre or a midwifery led unit in which they are cared for primarily by midwives rather than obstetricians.

Women do indeed deserve respectful, competent care, but your aim is clearly to set up an adversarial relationship between women and their doctors, all while promoting homebirth, a practice that is demonstrably more dangerous for babies than hospital birth.

Basically, the observational studies find that when very low - risk women have home births following thorough prenatal care, attended by skilled practitioners who transfer to hospital promptly when signs of a problem appear, the absolute increase in risk to the child is small, less than 1 per 1000.

They pampered us after the birth with ten times more attention, care and support than any medical hospital team.