Sentences with phrase «for doctors and patients»

While doctors and nurses provide higher - level services, medical assistants are often responsible for keeping appointments running smoothly, ensuring that patients are comfortable, and acting as a go - between for doctors and patients.

iMedicalHub is a trusted platform for doctors and patients to connect.

In 1996, consumer advocacy group Public Citizen wrote to the FDA, urging the agency to require more visible warnings for doctors and their patients.

iMedicalHub is a trusted platform for doctors and patients to connect.

Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients; 11:18.

Clearly, physician burnout is not only bad for doctors and patients, but also for business.

Townsend Letter: For Doctors and Patients Archives of the Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients Online Magazine.

When a medical condition is diagnosed, the next step for doctors and patients is usually pursuing treatment options — which could mean medication, surgery, or lifestyle changes, depending on the problem.

«In addition to our gene - mapping efforts, we try to provide diagnostic expertise for doctors and patients, since the surprising diversity of genetic disorders of human cortical development is only beginning to be appreciated.»

As more resources become available for treating and managing HD symptoms, it would be helpful for doctors and patients to have a sense of whether a person's symptoms are expected to worsen slowly or quickly.

Dr. Siegler's seminal 1981 paper on «A Proposal for a Model of the Doctor Patient Encounter» was cited extensively by the 1982 President's Commission as the basis for recommending a shared decision - making approach for doctors and patients, an approach which has now become the standard model for the doctor - patient relationship in the U.S.

«This is important for doctors and their patients — it could help them target the addictive behavior in individuals with this genetic variation and devise a personalized approach to promote healthier eating and weight maintenance patterns.»

That includes boosting education for doctors and patients, improving research efforts to discover the various roots of chronic pain, and helping government agencies work together better to ensure that people can get access to medications that they need — as well as improve the odds that new ones will be available in the future.

«We hope this review of medical treatments will serve as a guide for doctors and patients on how to interpret new findings, especially regarding four treatment options that doctors have commonly used for their pregnant patients with migraines,» said Rebecca Erwin Wells, M.D., assistant professor of neurology at Wake Forest Baptist and lead author of the paper.

Both are released at elevated levels following a concussion or other injury that damages nerve fibers, and both can be detected within 20 minutes of a head injury (although it may take longer for doctors and patients to get the results from a lab).

Here's one example of how this information might be useful for doctors and patients: Irinotecan is a drug only indicated by the FDA for use in colon cancer.

Langer sees implantable drug chips as more than just a new tool for doctors and patients — they are a sign that the true «dawn of telemedicine» has arrived, he says.

The show doesn't simply provide overviews of various topics; it explores what happens behind the scenes for both doctors and patients.

Repealing and replacing Obamacare and allowing insurance companies to compete across state lines will improve the healthcare system across the board and be a boon for doctors and patients alike.

With so many exciting applications, it is no surprise that Virtual Reality is entering the digital health space, with countless firms racing to establish platforms that are easy to use for both doctors and patients.

Prior to being named Pasadena, the city was known as Indiana Colony for the doctor and his patients who settled there, citing a better place for their respiratory ailments.

Not exact matches

(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.)

On the agenda for discussion: whether the FDA should implement a mandatory education program on opioid prescription for doctors, and whether the agency should limit the number of opioid doses a patient is prescribed.

This increase in abnormal test results can have negative consequences for medicine in the form of extra testing, additional patient visits to clinics / hospitals, and added doctor services, all of which result in additional costs and burdens to patients or to the healthcare system and are potentially harmful.

FITBIT DATA AIDS RESEARCHERS IN UNDERSTANDING SURGERY RECOVERY: Fitbit data can help researchers and doctors predict the risk of 30 - and 60 - day readmission after surgery for cancer patients, according to a study published in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Regulators at CMS, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, may start fining Medicare insurers up to $ 25,000 a day for inaccurate provider lists, so it's a problem the industry is anxious to resolve for their doctors, their patients and their bottom lines.

«The reason we distribute these products is that there are legitimate patients that need these medicines and who are being prescribed these medicines by well - informed, well - intended doctors who are caring for these patients.»

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 smaAnd 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 smaand greatest, even if the extra benefit is small.

But follow - up appointments with doctors can be challenging — and are certainly inconvenient, since the patient has to drive (or be driven) to the doctor's office for what often amounts to a five - minute appointment.

The CDC did not take the recommendations of protocols in preparedness and equipment from Doctors Without Borders (who have been caring for Ebola patients in Africa).

Patients can usually get feedback from the doctor within minutes, and often for the same price or less than an in - person doctor's office or urgent - care clinic visit.

Just consider the ways in which patients are clamoring for more telemedicine and virtual doctor visit options while medical schools are harnessing virtual reality systems like Microsoft's Hololens to teach anatomy to young surgeons.

After all, patients and doctors who choose Valeant's drugs when an identical generic version is available are already volunteering to pay extra for the brand name.

LONDON, Oct 9 - Scientists have found two distinct genetic «signatures» for prostate cancer that may help doctors predict which patients have aggressive tumours, and designed experimental blood tests to read those genetic signs like barcodes.

There is also a huge trend toward healthcare delivery and the utilization of labor forces, such as mobilizing healthcare and creating more communication for patients and doctors.

There's great opportunity for companies to insert themselves between doctors and patients and manage that incredibly chaotic and inefficient process.

At Inova, that kind of speed has been enabling doctors to quickly diagnose genetic diseases in newborns, and makes it easier for pharmacists to prescribe medications that match a patient's genetic makeup.

Apple Inc's healthcare technology is spreading quickly among major U.S. hospitals, showing early promise as a way for doctors to monitor patients remotely and lower costs.

Shane Jackson, president and COO of LocumTenens.com, which conducted the survey, said the results are potential red flags for not only the finances of those physicians» offices, but also for their patients, who «rely on their doctor for a lot of information.»

And since the treatment isn't already approved in the U.S. for other, cheaper indications, there's no risk of doctors prescribing it for off - label purposes to Duchenne patients.

But federal prosecutors allege that Babich and his co-conspirators doled out kickbacks to doctors who prescribed the drug even to non-cancer patients, and even set up a special «reimbursement unit» to sway insurance companies and pharmacy benefits managers to provide coverage for these non-authorized uses.

FBI agents arrested former Insys Therapeutics (insy) CEO Michael Babich and five other former company executives on Thursday for allegedly bribing doctors to prescribe an extremely addictive opioid painkiller to patients who didn't need it.

The data gathered by the online portal could also be used by doctors to make recommendations regarding a patient's physical activity, and kid - friendly versions of the device could be created for children and teens with certain medical conditions.

And by that, he means rural America where patients often have to drive for miles out of their way to see a doctor.

Chunyu, a Chinese mobile healthcare app company that connects patients and doctors, raised $ 50 million from China International Capital Corporation (CICC), Rushan Venture Capital under DunAn Holding Group, Pavilion Capital run by Temasek, and BlueRun Ventures, and HealthEdge, a provider of a cloud - based or on - site integrated financial, administrative and clinical software platform for healthcare payers focusing on medical claims and benefits management brought in $ 30 million

The California Medical Association, which represents doctors in California, opposes the measure because of that claim, and also because the group said the cancellation of drug purchasing contracts the state already has with pharma companies «would remove many drugs from the Medi - Cal list of pre-approved medicines — creating a new prior authorization hurdle for patients and their physicians.»

Rising prices are causing affordability issues for some diabetes patients and frustrating doctors.

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.

For patients and doctors alike, that has caused some challenges.

OhMD: Mobile messaging for doctors, clinicians, and patients that enhances the patient experience and improves provider communication.