Sentences with phrase «for health care quality»

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For months in 2013, his family struggled to find him quality care as his health began to deteriorate.

«This is the only way to deal with burgeoning demand for health care while improving quality, access, and cost,» she says.

No matter how the federal health care debate turns out, developing more reliable health care guides for consumers has the potential improve care quality, saving lives and eliminating billions of dollars in needless costs.

We examined whether trusted Yelp reviews (screened to weed out fraudulent reviews) correlated with health care quality metrics for New York hospitals, including preventable hospital readmissions and mortality after hospital treatment for certain conditions (such as heart attacks) or procedures (such as stomach surgeries).

About Toronto East General Hospital @EastGeneral Toronto East General Hospital (TEGH) is a full - service community teaching hospital that has proudly provided high quality health care to the residents of East Toronto for over 86 years.

This area covers the impact of policies affecting Canadians» health and long - term care choices and outcomes, for example regarding access to and quality of care, funding arrangements and incentives, pharmaceuticals policies, intergenerational equity considerations, and the impact of these choices on the public purse.

Its tailored, world - class services that reduce overall pharmacy costs, reduce avoidable drug impacted medical costs, and optimize specialty drug spend while improving patient quality of life are for all plan sponsors — health plans, accountable care organizations (ACOs), exchanges, state Medicaid programs, and employer groups.

For health plans, that means gathering input from clinicians, actuaries, claims departments, pharmaceutical benefits managers, and countless other functions, in the development of a high - quality product that is not only tailored to suit the varied health care needs of today's consumer, but is also affordable.

«At a time when patients are already waiting too long for quality health care, it's unacceptable for Christy Clark and her government to further reduce services.

«Albertans depend on our schools and hospitals for the high - quality education and health care that matters most to families,» said Notley.

HQCA advisory committee The appointment of former Liberal Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan and retired Judge Allan Wachowich to an advisory panel to the Health Quality Council of Alberta may weaken opposition calls for a full Public Inquiry into the intimidation of health care professiHealth Quality Council of Alberta may weaken opposition calls for a full Public Inquiry into the intimidation of health care professihealth care professionals.

Moderator: Mitesh B. Rao, MD, MHS, System Patient Safety Officer and Director, Center for Advancing Patient Safety, Stanford Health Care, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine Dr. Mitesh B. Rao, MD, MHS is a Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physician and internationally - recognized expert in Patient Safety, Quality, and Innovation.

«Through the intense focus our 285,000 colleagues bring to helping people live healthier lives and helping make the health system work better for everyone, we have grown to serve more people in more ways than ever, including through innovative uses of advanced technologies, data analytics, and modern clinical approaches that improve quality, lower cost and advance consumer and care provider satisfaction,» David S. Wichmann, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, said in a conference call.

Among this group, top reasons for leaving were working conditions (for example staffing levels and workload), cited by 44 per cent, a change in personal circumstances (such as ill health), cited by 28 per cent and disillusionment with the quality of care provided to patients, cited by 27 per cent.

At several of our health centers, we help patients who want to donate tissue for scientific research, and we do this just like every other high - quality health care provider does — with full, appropriate consent from patients and under the highest ethical and legal standards.

The Tea Party is opposed to science, civil rights, environmental quality standard, equal pay for equal work, minimum wage, universal health care, and every other program that indicates a moral and civilized nation.

Europeans and Americans head to India for high - quality and inexpensive medical care while the Indian poor struggle with the most privatized health system in the world.

Those critics who say that other countries are ahead of us in «guaranteeing quality health care for everyone» overlook the fact that the definition of quality in those countries does not include the panoply of high - tech medicine increasingly taken for granted in America.

Ultimately they are dependent upon the people who buy their goods and services and for whom they decide such matters as the quality of their food, clothing, entertainment, work, environment or health care.

«We are actively trying to get language inserted into any bill that would have health care sharing ministries considered quality coverage under a mandate,» said Joel Noble, public policy team leader for both the alliance and Samaritan Ministries.

The only ones who would really benefit from the repeal of Obamacare are the one percenters where cost is not an issue for quality health care.

(i) Unable to restore the power in a few states for more than 10 + days, since a tornado passed by it (ii) Unable to restore power for 7 + days in a snowy North Eastern state, since a hurricane passed by it (iii) Having no quality in science, math and technology; depending on «imports» to uplift them (or depending on Jesus to save them)(iv) Horrible crime in downtown, ghettos of any major city (v) Unemployment of 23 % (vi) Having a president who believes that the earth is 6000 years old (vii) Having a presidential candidate which believes in subjugating women (viii) Having more than 50 % of its 2012 graduates un / under - employed (ix) No public transport, resulting in hell on earth even for a small rise in crude - oil prices (x) A crappy health care system (xi) A debt of 14Trillion, which corresponds to 50K per US resident.

Sacramento, CA About Blog The statewide health care consumer advocacy coalition, working for over 20 years for quality, affordable health care for all Californians!

They offer high quality care for all health problems.

The Joint Commission was founded in 1951 and seeks to continuously improve health care for the public by evaluating healthcare organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value.

Family Voices, a U.S., nonprofit, family - led organization promoting quality health care for all children and youth, particularly those with special health care needs.

The programme of work on patient safety looks at both the translation of novel technologies into health care and innovative ways of organising services differently to bridge «gaps» in care and improve quality and safety for patients.

Dr. Cheyney currently directs the International Reproductive Health Laboratory at Oregon State University where she has developed an academic learning community comprised of five undergraduate research assistants, 12 graduate students and one postdoctoral fellow whose research agendas are focused on identifying culturally appropriate ways to improve access to high quality midwifery care as a means of reducing health inequalities for mothers and babies in the U.S and aHealth Laboratory at Oregon State University where she has developed an academic learning community comprised of five undergraduate research assistants, 12 graduate students and one postdoctoral fellow whose research agendas are focused on identifying culturally appropriate ways to improve access to high quality midwifery care as a means of reducing health inequalities for mothers and babies in the U.S and ahealth inequalities for mothers and babies in the U.S and abroad.

Kate has been instrumental in promoting a safety, quality agenda in health care for women and infants, and developing collaborative models between midwives and obstetricians to engender integration of home birth into the maternity care system.

In 2008, Childbirth Connection convened a Vision Team of innovators in maternity care delivery and health systems design to define the fundamental values, principles, and goals for a high - quality, high - value maternity care system.

In 2000, the IOM published their report summarizing information regarding errors made in health care and offered recommendations for improving quality of care.

I also traveled all over the world speaking to policymakers about improving the quality of health care for Americans.

There are two fundamentals to ensuring high quality health care for your infant.

Developed by a multidisciplinary group of academics, researchers, women and child health advocates, clinicians and policy - makers, the collaborative approach to this series has resulted in the creation of a framework for quality maternal and newborn care.

«The course provides a quality educational opportunity for health care professionals who may not have the time or flexibility in their schedules to attend additional symposiums or lectures.»

«The ATSNJ hopes that these courses will become a staple of education within the interscholastic and recreational sports community,» stated Eric Nussbaum ABOUT THE ATHLETIC TRAINERS» SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY ATSNJ, Inc. consists of licensed athletic trainers, physicians and other allied health care professionals whose goal is to promote quality healthcare for athletes in any setting.

ociation (CATA) strives to improve the quality of health care for athletes, patients and clients and enhance the profession of Athletic Training, through leadership, education, and cooperative efforts with other organizations and allied health professions.

«Even though there is yet to be a concussion law passed in our state we believe it is extremely important for us as an association to provide a quality educational program like Concussion Wise ™ to the public and the health care community.

The Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA), established in 1982, is a professional membership organization that promotes excellence in midwifery practice, endorses diversity in educational backgrounds and practice styles, and is dedicated to unifying and strengthening the profession, thereby increasing access to quality health care and improving outcomes for women, babies, families, and communities.

Broadening the focus from access to care to include quality of care, WHO and UNICEF are launching a Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health to cut preventable maternal and newborn illness and deaths, and to improve every mother's experience of ccare to include quality of care, WHO and UNICEF are launching a Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health to cut preventable maternal and newborn illness and deaths, and to improve every mother's experience oquality of care, WHO and UNICEF are launching a Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health to cut preventable maternal and newborn illness and deaths, and to improve every mother's experience of ccare, WHO and UNICEF are launching a Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health to cut preventable maternal and newborn illness and deaths, and to improve every mother's experience oQuality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health to cut preventable maternal and newborn illness and deaths, and to improve every mother's experience of cCare for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health to cut preventable maternal and newborn illness and deaths, and to improve every mother's experience of carecare.

In spring 2010, the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Administration for Children announced the availability of funds for the Affordable Care Act Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program.39 The program emphasizes and supports successful implementation of high - quality home visiting programs that have demonstrated evidence of effectiveness as defined in the legislation.

In response to this situation, WHO and UNICEF are launching a Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health to cut preventable maternal and newborn illness and deaths, and to improve every mother's experience of cCare for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health to cut preventable maternal and newborn illness and deaths, and to improve every mother's experience of carecare.

Home visiting has been demonstrated to be an effective method of supporting families, particularly as part of a comprehensive and coordinated system of high - quality, affordable early care and education, health and mental health, and family support services for families of children from the prenatal through the pre-kindergarten stages.

The United Kingdom's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence states that women should be informed that there is insufficient high - quality evidence to either support or discourage giving birth in water (7).

«Our High Quality Women's Health Care report emphasised the need for a reorganisation of women's health services around clinical netHealth Care report emphasised the need for a reorganisation of women's health services around clinical nethealth services around clinical networks.

The mission of the Wisconsin Athletic Trainers» Association is to improve the quality of health care for the physically active in the state of Wisconsin by the promotion and advancement of the athletic training profession and the licensed / certified athletic trainer.

Our mission is to improve the quality of health care for the physically active in the state of Wisconsin by the promotion and advancement of the athletic training profession and the licensed / certified athletic trainer.

SWATA provides information and resources designed to enhance the quality of health care for athletes and those engaged in physical activity, and to advance the profession of athletic training.

The California Athletic Trainers» Association (CATA) strives to improve the quality of health care for athletes, patients and clients and enhance the profession of Athletic Training through leadership, education, and cooperative efforts with other organizations and allied health professions.

The Southwest Athletic Trainers» Association (SWATA) serves to enhance the quality of health care for the physically active, promote and advance the profession of athletic trainers, improve the working relationship between those in the industry, enhance the health care of persons served by the Membership, safeguard and advance the membership, and promote the free exchange of ideas and information within the Association.