Sentences with phrase «for general patient care»

These guidelines consist of recommendations for general patient care and clinical procedures, preoperative care, anesthetic management, surgical procedures, postoperative care, and operations management.

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In January 2009, then - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced the settlement of an investigation into the method used by certain health insurers to determine reimbursements for patients who received care from out - of - network providers.

For helping many alcoholics, I am convinced that we shall need far more multilevel institutions that serve only alcoholics (through bed care, day - hospital care, out - patient care, etc.) as well as an increase in facilities that are part of general and mental hospitals and other kinds of institutions.

As Albert Deutsch showed in his monumental history of care of the mentally ill, some 19th century institutions did provide humane care, as well as general medical and surgical treatment for patients who needed it.

The dentistry issued a statement of sympathy for Mykel and his parents and said that it would be premature to comment on any specifics until outside medical experts finish their review, but they said they have used general anesthesia more than 1,900 times for pediatric patients in the last three and a half years without incident, and that they contract with a board - certified anesthesiologist who follows all protocols including pre-operative check and approval by the child's primary care physician before putting the child under anesthesia.

Your gift can provide general charitable support to meet the Medical Center's greatest future needs, or it can fund a specific patient care, research or education initiative that holds special meaning for you.

The reversible design allows patients to choose the support they need and is versatile for use in the NIC or general care nursery.

· Integrated working allows patients and their carers to benefit from specialist knowledge (including early referral for more specialist opinions and diagnostic tests when needed), the general care provided by GPs and primary care teams, and the help and support provided by those working in social care.

«That this House opposes the Government's plans to impose a polyclinic, or GP - led health centre, in every primary care trust; regrets that this could result in the closure of up to 1,700 GP surgeries; is concerned that the imposition of polyclinics against the will of patients and GPs could be detrimental to standards of care, particularly for the elderly and vulnerable, by breaking the vital GP / patient link; further regrets that these plans are being imposed without consultation; is alarmed at the prospective loss of patient access to local GP services at a time when care closer to home should be strengthened; believes that the Government's plans would jeopardise the independence and commissioning capability of general practice in the future; supports the strengthening of access to diagnostic and therapeutic services without undermining the structure of GP services; and calls on the Government to reconsider its plans for polyclinics.

As a general internist who has cared for patients at Bellevue Hospital in New York, Dr. Shah knows firsthand the impact on vulnerable populations of inadequate resources.

With I - STOP, we are creating a national model for smart, coordinated communication between health care providers and pharmacists to better serve patients, stop prescription drug trafficking, and provide treatment to those who need help,» Attorney General Schneiderman said.

------------------------------------ Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced the arrest and arraignment of 4 former employees of Focus Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Cooperstown, who are accused of leaving a 94 - year - old patient left in a recliner with substandard care for 41 hours over the Memorial Day weekend in May.

In the study, patients who underwent conscious sedation had a similar rate of adverse events to those who underwent anesthesia, but those who were given conscious sedation had shorter stays in the intensive care unit (30 versus 96 hours for those with general anesthesia) and shorter hospital stays (4.9 days versus 10.4 days).

«From a clinical standpoint, our findings suggest that CRP could be used to risk stratify patients before surgery, enabling proactive interventions that target patients at risk for developing postoperative delirium,» said Sarinnapha Vasunilashorn, PhD, co-lead author and postdoctoral fellow in the Division of General Medicine at Primary Care at BIDMC and HMS.

«In general, across all the health systems, people with serious mental illness aren't getting a lot of psychotherapy as a form of treatment, and maybe that's a missed opportunity for our health systems to provide care to those patients.»

«Because laboratory tests play such a crucial and ubiquitous role in medicine, efforts to identify opportunities for improvement in the selection of tests have the potential to contribute greatly to the care patients receive,» adds William Taylor, MD, a clinician in BIDMC's Division of General Medicine and Primary Ccare patients receive,» adds William Taylor, MD, a clinician in BIDMC's Division of General Medicine and Primary CareCare.

Future research should look at data from state prescription drug monitoring programs and data on other substance use to get a more comprehensive view of how patients are using opioids,» said Karen E Lasser, MD, MPH, a general internist at BMC with expertise in improving the quality of care for underserved patient populations, who served as co-principal investigator of the study.

«The patients who sought care for chronic breathlessness appeared to have a significantly impaired quality of life than the general population.

The women's details had been entered into the primary care General Practice Research Database (GPRD), which holds millions of anonymized medical records for patients across the UK.

Recent research using national data on Medicare suggests that community - based factors, such as availability of general practitioners in the area, may be as or more important than hospital factors in determining readmission rates, and that patients may have few options other than hospital care for both urgent and non-urgent conditions related to their surgery or other conditions.

«To date, cerebrospinal fluid analyses have not been a routine component of assessment and care for patients with cognitive impairments and suspected Alzheimer's disease in the United States,» Dr. A. Zara Herskovits, of Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Dr. John H. Growdon, of Massachusetts General Hospital, wrote in an editorial that accompanied the study.

A report from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators, published in the journal Brain, is the first to test such an approach in acutely ill patients for whom critical decisions may need to be made regarding the continuation of life - sustaining care.

PLOS Medicine publishes research and commentary of general interest with clear implications for patient care, public policy or clinical research agendas.

Physicians in the Section of General Internal Medicine specialize in primary care for adults, and in the care of patients with acute and chronic multi-system conditions.

Colleen Snydeman, director of quality and safety for Patient Care Services at Massachusetts General Hospital, felt the full force of Hurricane Maria three weeks after September 20, 2017, the day the storm devastated Puerto Rico.

Mount Sinai Hospital is a 1,171 - bed general medical, surgical and teaching facility known across the country for excellence in clinical care and patient satisfaction.

Hospitalists typically work in shifts; therefore, within the same hospital, patients treated by hospitalists are plausibly quasi-randomized to a given physician based on when patients become sick and based on hospitalists» work schedule.34 We defined hospitalists using a validated approach: general internists who filed at least 90 % of their total evaluation and management billings in an inpatient setting.35 Second, to evaluate whether our findings were sensitive to how we attributed patients to physicians, we tested the following 2 alternative attribution methods: attributing patients to physicians who had the largest number of evaluation and management claims and attributing patients to physicians who billed the first evaluation and management claim for a given hospitalization.25, 36,37 Third, within some hospitals, male internists may be more likely to work in intensive care units and have severely ill patients.

Using a national sample of hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries, we found that patients who receive care from female general internists have lower 30 - day mortality and readmission rates than do patients cared for by male internists.

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Many clinicians and health care professionals prescribe foam rolling for their patients for any number of muscle - related injuries, general soreness, recovery, or prevention.

Percentages of adults with screen - positive depression (Patient Health Questionnaire - 2 score of ≥ 3) and adjusted odds ratios (AORs) of the effects of sociodemographic characteristics on odds of screen - positive depression; percentages with treatment for screen - positive depression and AORs; percentages with any treatment of depression and AORs stratified by presence of serious psychological distress (Kessler 6 scale score of ≥ 13); and percentages with depression treatment by health care professional group (psychiatrists, other health care professionals, and general medical providers); and type of depression treatment (antidepressants, psychotherapy, and both) all stratified by distress level.

Acknowledgments: The authors thank the nurses of the General Clinical Research Center for help with the studies and for excellent patient care, Karen Kresge for technical assistance, and Constance Harris Crews for typing the manuscript.

Other veterinary specialists are available at the Terry Center to provide support and consultation for internal medicine patients in the areas of radiology, ultrasonography, clinical pathology, clinical pharmacology, neurology, ophthalmology, cardiology, critical care, oncology, dermatology, nutrition, behavior, dentistry and oral surgery, general and orthopedic surgery.

Jen is responsible for assisting in all aspects of Little Traverse Bay Veterinary Clinic, including surgery, x-ray, laboratory and ultrasound procedures in addition to general patient care.

She is responsible for assisting with all aspects of the clinic including surgery, x-ray, laboratory and ultrasound procedures in addition to general patient care.

Specifically - designed general and isolation wards for care of avian and exotic patients including avian incubators and specialty reptile hospital caging

We began seeing patients from both a referral basis from general practice veterinarians, as well as directly from clients in need of specialty veterinary care for their pet.

This article outlines what it means to be «geriatric,» provides general guidelines for managing aging patients and specific recommendations for nursing care in hospitalized geriatric patients, and discusses the role of the veterinary technician in ensuring quality of life for older patients.

In this second edition of its guidelines, the task force included general guidelines for patient care and clinical procedures and added recommendations for operations management of high - volume spay - neuter programs to address management, staff, and clinic issues.

Staff assistants are responsible for the general maintenance and cleaning of the facility and surrounding grounds in addition to basic patient care and assisting other staff members with routine tasks.

For Pet's Sake Veterinary Center located in Glens Falls, NY strives to provide first - class general practice, surgical and emergency care to our patients.

Dr. Woods» favorite part of being a general practitioner is the relationships she gets to develop with both her patients and their families, as Dr. Woods is known for her exceptional bedside manner and her commitment to providing the best client service and patient care available.

Our team provides the best general, surgical and dental care for our highly - valued feline patients.

One technician is assigned to each patient and cares for them from pre-anesthesia, through general anesthesia and until full recovery when the pet is ready to return to the loving nursing care provided in the wards.

We perform physical examinations, ECG and laboratory testing prior to anesthesia then monitor with the same care used for general surgical patients.

General, neonatal, isolation and intensive care wards are used for housing of medical patients.

«The fact is, medical mistakes are endemic to our health care system, they are one of the leading causes of death in this country, and as a firm, it is not only our mission to achieve maximum compensation for our clients, but also to ensure patient safety for the general public.»