Mental Health Association of Chautauqua County Executive Director Kia Briggs believes the bill will foster communication with
doctors about their patients» pain.
Pacemaker makers, such as Biotronik (Berlin, Germany) and Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.), recently gained approval for implanted pacemakers and defibrillators that give periodic reports to
doctors about a patient's condition.
Handle tasks of advising trauma surgeons and
doctors about patients» conditions and update vital information of patient
Some states also let pharmacy technicians take information over the phone from
a doctor about a patient's needs.
Not exact matches
Palmer reached out to a wide range of pediatricians to find out how they feel
about these parents, and he was surprised to encounter mostly sadness rather than anger on the part of these
doctors, who often feel like they've let their
patients down by not convincing them to vaccinate.
(New York's regulations, for example, required me as a first - time
patient to have
about a 30 - second video call with the
doctor who treated me before we hung up and continued via text.)
Viewers may be inspired to become
doctors by watching their favourite television characters, or develop ideas
about how
doctors should behave and present themselves to
patients.
Pharmacists were not as curious as they should have been
about doctors doling out prescriptions or
patients filling them.
I'm confident that when you and I speak again in the next 12 to 18 months that this discussion
about why do I have to keep filling out the same
patient form every time I go to the
doctor's office on a clipboard will be gone.
And
doctors, who have little info
about how
patients pay for drugs, often prescribe what is seen as the latest and greatest, even if the extra benefit is small.
It's much more akin to a WebMD, where there's all this information
about health care, and the
patient and the
patient's family can read it, but then they still go to the
doctor and the
doctor helps them interpret that information.
Speaking of Novartis — the company's experimental CTL019, which is expected to be the first approved drug in a revolutionary new cancer treatment space that turns the body's own immune cells into cancer - killers, is already facing some apprehension from
doctors and
patient groups who are worried
about its eventual pricing.
So while they've usually proven effective (at least in other nations), there's a chance
doctors and
patients could be reticent
about turning away from established brand names like Remicade.
Ideally,
patients, nurses, and
doctors should be able to have an open conversation
about treatment, with the goal of landing on the best health outcome possible.
To help circumvent the shortage, the FDA enacted new provisions in 2012 that require drug makers to give the agency earlier notice
about potential shortages in order to alert
patients and
doctors so they can seek alternative treatments.
The scientists are advising
doctors to ask
patients about their social media use and encourage them to reduce it if it seems linked to social isolation.
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.»
In exchange, Express (NYSE: EXPR) Scripts will simplify the process for
doctors to prescribe Praluent, seek to lower co - pays for
patients and exclude the competing drug from Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) from its largest plan, which covers
about 25 million members.
Whitecoat, the controversial health insurer - backed website that has been labelled the «Trip Advisor» of the sector, will be expanded to include
patient reviews
about the success of procedures performed by
doctors, surgeons and other health professionals.
You literally can not have an opinion
about the experience of
patients in a
doctors office without the perspective from the largest payer in the country.
Companies luring advertisers want to expand this data trove; Facebook recently sent a
doctor to talk with top hospitals
about acquiring
patient data, which could violate medical confidentiality rules.
I suppose talking to the dying
about their families is all well and good if the dying are all confirmed Christians, but I believe it was C.S. Lewis who articulately bemoaned the friends and
doctors who tell a dying
patient the classic «everything is going to be all right» when from a Biblical viewpoint, everything will not be all right.
a letter from a
doctor to the president
about his treatment of a «Poor» person... Dear Mr. President: During my shift in the Emergency Room last night, I had the pleasure of evaluating a
patient whose smile revealed an expensive shiny gold tooth, whose body was adorned with a wide assortment of elaborate and costly tattoos, who wore a very expensive brand of tennis shoes and who chatted on a new cellular telephone equipped with a popular R&B ringtone.
One is to allow the
patient time for possible recovery to come
about, and the other is the use of induced hypothermia to reduce the brain's use of oxygen, thus giving
doctors more time to treat the
patient before further damage occurs due to any lack of oxygen.
Doctors Without Borders does the same heroic work, without having any qualms
about the religion of the
patients in need.
I understand that a false diagnosis and an inaccurate prescription may do more harm to the
patient, but a
doctor who does not love the
patient or care
about the
patient and genuinely desire that they get well, will likely not accurately diagnose the sickness or prescribe a medicine.
If he knowingly commits a post-24 weeks abortion, based on such stringent life and health criteria, the
doctor must certify his judgment
about the threat in writing; acquire the concurrence of a second
doctor in that judgment based on a «separate personal medical examination» of the woman; perform the abortion in a hospital; employ procedures designed to maximize the unborn child's chances to survive; and have a second physician present, ready to consider any surviving child his primary
patient.
By 1973, with the sexual revolution well underway, licensed
doctors were increasingly performing elective abortions for their
patients, but they were worried
about criminal and civil liability.
The LA Times has an interesting story
about whether
doctors should tell imminently dying
patients that they are
about to expire.
Some assisted suicide boosters are already grumbling
about the difficulty of getting
doctors to participate in ending
patients» lives where it is legal.
Would you believe a
doctor is sincere
about being a
doctor when they have no practice,
patients or hardly go to their office?
Please enlighten me as to the 16 you are talking
about - And more importantly how is it any of the employer's business what prescriptions a
doctor writes for a female
patient?
But death
doctoring isn't
about providing professional treatment for
patients.
Dr Stammers also added he had concerns
about doctors having to apologise or face sanctions, saying a «forced» apology is unlikely to be satisfactory for
patients who've been wronged:
But Dr. Kharrazian (the
doctor who trained MY
doctor) has written at length
about the harmful effects of iodine in Hashi's
patients.
For the first trial, half of the women had pre - and postnatal lactation consultant visits and their
doctors were reminded by electronic prompts to speak to the
patients about breastfeeding during office visits.
Doctor's don't give a scheisse
about patients and certainly not women.
It's
about basic respect for laboring women as people and
patients, not inanimate objects who should submit cheerfully to any pain (such as the chronic pain associated with my C - section scar) and any indignity at the hands of
doctors who threaten and abuse their
patients.
«I've begun hearing
about doctors around the country who are medicating their
patients with nature in order to prevent or treat health problems ranging from heart disease to attention deficit disorder,» says Daphne Miller, MD, family physician and associate clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco.
Washington, DC — A new committee opinion from The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) addresses the controversy of elective cesarean delivery, using it as an example of how
doctors can ethically help
patients make decisions
about surgical treatment when there is a lack of firm evidence for or against such surgery.
Because of ALL the
doctor's appointments, having a surgery herself, another few days of in -
patient testing, and other medical issues in the family, I didn't «officially» start EC until
about 4 months old... but by 6 months the nursing staff at our local ER knew I was «that lady who's really tiny baby pees on the potty.»
Yes, I agree with you entirely, although if the
patient has delusional beliefs
about childbirth and didn't believe or understand the information her
doctors provided she would not have capacity to refuse consent.
Even though Dr. Fisk won't be able to help me directly, I intend to carry printed articles
about his theories to my
doctors to use as ammo / backup in begging for just a little kinder consideration than c - section
patients are typically given around here.
Patient - doctor consultation is vital, as is a patient's own knowledge, understanding and responsibility (e.g. researching your doctor's credentials and reading about your cond
Patient -
doctor consultation is vital, as is a
patient's own knowledge, understanding and responsibility (e.g. researching your doctor's credentials and reading about your cond
patient's own knowledge, understanding and responsibility (e.g. researching your
doctor's credentials and reading
about your condition).
Having said that, great
doctors welcome
patients who are proactive
about their lifestyle choices, and who seek more than «absence of disease»... who insist on vibrant health.
In the country's 250 birth centers, midwives tend to take far more time with
patients than busy
doctors do and the emphasis is on the whole woman — everything from consultations on what a woman should be eating during pregnancy to conversations
about anxiety over delivery.
What it illustrates is that when
doctors say different things
about the same thing,
patients start trying to figure out why.
This type of person is never satisfied, is furthermore the sort most likely to leave negative evaluations at every venue they can find to do so, and they get the
doctor behind schedule so that every other
patient after High Maintenance Patient has something legitimate to complain
patient after High Maintenance
Patient has something legitimate to complain
Patient has something legitimate to complain
about.
I believe most
doctors want to do well by their
patients, although I have seen, experienced, and read
about enough instances of arrogance, indifference, ignorance, and even cruelty to have no illusions.
But imagine you're on a tight schedule to see X amount of
patients a day (where X is a higher number than you'd like) and then you get one who insists on knowing allllll the details
about everything, even when the details aren't necessary to understanding the course of action the
doctor is recommending.