Sentences with phrase «debate over patient»

During the debate over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, Jacobs was a policy adviser for the House Republican Conference under then - Chairman Mike Pence.
And while the academic debate over patient outcomes is a heated one, a rough consensus does emerge when it comes to more complicated surgeries — such as radical prostatectomy, where the prostate gland and some of its surrounding tissue is removed, usually to treat prostate cancer.

Not exact matches

Dr. Diamond observed: «The focus of the debate [over providing PVS patients with food and hydration] should be kept where it belongs.
The patient, cool - headed senior senator from Alabama — often the tallest man in the room — holds immense sway over the financial reform debate.
The debate will continue in the morbidly obese patients with BMI over 40, and the super obese with a BMI over 50, regarding what steps can and should be taken to lower the risks before these elective surgical procedures.»
The debate in Texas echoes a national discussion over how much access patients should have to experimental drugs.
Over the coming months, physicians, patients, economists and insurance companies will no doubt hotly debate whether the treatment is worth the full asking price.
«Study settles debate over giving stroke patients routine oxygen.»
There is little question they are great for people in the throes of a heart attack but serious debate over their merits for other patients.
Rather, given the debate over whether Medicare should include socioeconomic factors in its formula to calculate hospital readmissions, the study raises questions about whether Medicare's readmission rates reflect social factors related to the hospital's patient mix as well as hospital performance and quality.
And theres even better news: By using the patients own stem cells, the surgical team avoids the ethical debate over using embryonic tissue for research purposes.
Doctors and lawyers may go head to head when it comes to the debate over medical malpractice, but they stand united in one regard: Neither profession is all that receptive toward client or patient ratings systems.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z