Sentences with phrase «health care processes for»

Her research interests are focused on clinical outcomes and health care processes for patients with chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes.

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And that in itself is likely a show vote since it has little chance of passing in the House; rather, it may provide an avenue for keeping the legislative process going, buying time to iron out a new Senate - House deal on health care.

For example, Lee Coulter, VP of business processes at Ascension Healthcare in Indianapolis, reports that Ascension reduced outsourcing over 50 percent in the past few years for its 84 hospitals and 400 health care centeFor example, Lee Coulter, VP of business processes at Ascension Healthcare in Indianapolis, reports that Ascension reduced outsourcing over 50 percent in the past few years for its 84 hospitals and 400 health care centefor its 84 hospitals and 400 health care centers.

In Canada — an environment with radically different processes and supports for dependent patients — the supply of such tools is nowhere close to meeting the surging demand, signalling that caregiver - focused technology may be the greatest untapped niche in health - care tech north of the border.

And paying for time off isn't the only part of the process of course — there's also the impact of the policy on other benefits like health care as children are added.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

If ratified, the agreement provides a mediation - arbitration process that will conclude collective agreements for bargaining committees for health care, nursing, support services, and administrative professionals.

Transfers to individuals and provinces for health care, education, and pensions are excluded from this process.

He is currently Chairman of the Board of Pivot 88 a Hong Kong based SAAS company, Keatext an AI - driven text analytics Montreal - based SAAS company and Carré Technologies specializing in signal processing and machine learning algorithms for wearable devices in health care environments.

The council said if ratified over the coming weeks, the process will conclude collective agreements for all four bargaining committees in health care, nursing, support services, and administrative professionals.

However, other factors played a role, including reactions to the non-transparent, lobby - driven trade negotiation process to develop policy for behind - the - border governance issues, the flawed investor - state dispute mechanism, and the controversial intellectual property and cross-border data flow provisions, which promised to raise health - care costs, dampen innovation, and raise privacy concerns.

Perot Systems, an IT services company founded by the billionaire and onetime U.S. presidential candidate Ross Perot, handles a lot of technology needs for government agencies and health care providers, including helping to process medical claims.

Even though alcoholism ranks as one of the country's three major health problems, along with cancer and heart disease; even though it accounts for approximately 98,000 deaths every year; even though it is the root cause of most pastoral - care crises (suicides, auto fatalities, child abuse, divorces, hospital admissions, accidental deaths and home violence); even though it costs the nation $ 120 billion annually in terms of lost work time, health and welfare benefits, property damage, medical expenses, insurance and lost wages; and even though its effects impair the educational process of every child in every classroom, still the church acts as though alcoholism does not exist.

Benefits for approximately 1.5 million small - scale farmers and workers around the world include: • A fair price on products • Improved access to low - or no - interest loans • Technical assistance for building infrastructure • Communications systems • Collectively - owned transport & processing equipment • Better health care & education • Training & skill diversification

A 2014 study (1), however, found that, despite the 2010 endorsement of 6 national medical societies of a single PPE form as part of an effort to standardize the screening process, and nearly unanimous public support for PPE screening by a qualified health care professional before participation in a consistent manner across the country, the medical community is still largely unaware of national sports preparticipation physical evaluation guidelines and only 11 % of athletes at US high schools are guaranteed to receive a PPE fully consistent with the national standard.

With my hands clenched atop my swollen belly, feeling my daughter stretch within, I stared out of the window for the entire drive, angry at the government of Canada for not processing my residency and hence my free health care faster, angry at my husband for saying we should go to this information session, and most especially angry at the thought of having to deal with the pain of childbirth.

HMBANA defines a milk bank as» a service established for the purpose of recruiting and collecting milk from donors, and processing, screening, storing, and distributing donated milk to meet the specific needs of individuals for whom human milk is prescribed by health care providers who are licensed to prescribe.»

Moreover, robust evidence on the cost effectiveness of birth in alternative settings is a priority, as was highlighted by the recent National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) clinical guidance on intrapartum care.11 The Birthplace in England research programme was designed to fill gaps in research evidence about the processes and outcomes associated with different settings for birth in the NHS in England.

Current differences in models of care, health professional education, regulatory standards, and compensation for prenatal visits likely affect the time available for these discussions and the emphasis placed on the shared decision making process.

Getting to a place where being human outweighs meeting social norms and expectations will not only begin the process to reducing negative mental health outcomes for mothers, but it will also help develop the supports that mothers need to be a model for positive self care and mental health for their families.

Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Evidence and Implications for Women, Babies, and Maternity Care provides compelling evidence that unnecessary medical interventions disturb these hormonal processes, reducing the benefits of physiologic pathways and creating new health challenges for mothers and newborns.

Just as sensible funeral planning asserts a feeling of being prepared for mortality, so sensible health care prepares one for the process of aging.

Although such a calculator may provide more specific information about the chance of VBAC, which can be used by health care providers and their patients to further the process of shared decision making, no prediction model for VBAC has been shown to result in improved patient outcomes.

The bill Requires the State Departments of Public Health and Health Care Services to coordinate, through a stakeholder engagement process, to do the following: — Improve the process for WIC eligibility and application enrollment via Medi - Cal and Covered California enrollment.

Kids Plus is home to Adoption Health Services of Western Pennsylvania, where Dr. Sarah Springer has worked for more than 20 years to provide education, support, and both physical and mental health care for families in all stages of the adoption prHealth Services of Western Pennsylvania, where Dr. Sarah Springer has worked for more than 20 years to provide education, support, and both physical and mental health care for families in all stages of the adoption prhealth care for families in all stages of the adoption process.

It is my submission that «when millions of people have been cheated for too long, restitution becomes a costly process; inferior education, poor housing, unemployment, poor health care facilities» These are but the real propellers of hate.

Senate Republicans are touting on Thursday a package of measures designed to ease burdnes on business, ranging from reforms to the state's regulatory process to providing relief for small businesses facing high health - care costs.

Olakulehin, who told Good Health Weekly, that he had conviction that a portable, battery operated device that automates the process of providing ventilator support for respiratory failure patients anywhere and not just in the Intensive Care Unit, ICU would be a life saver.

The perfect storm of years of unprotected budgets, planning processes which have encouraged silo working in health and social care and an often invisible client group, has resulted in zero focus on a clear vision for what we need older people's services to look like.

«Last year, Senator Saland blocked the Governor's bid for an independent redistricting process, helped block important woman's health legislation, and forced the Governor to create Health Care Exchanges in preparation for the Affordable Care Act through an Executive health legislation, and forced the Governor to create Health Care Exchanges in preparation for the Affordable Care Act through an Executive Health Care Exchanges in preparation for the Affordable Care Act through an Executive Order.

One of the largest provider networks in the state will no longer process claims from Health Republic Insurance customers, a decision that could impede coverage for thousands of New Yorkers during the next three weeks and force physicians, rehab centers, hospitals and health systems to provide care for which they are unlikely to be fully reimbHealth Republic Insurance customers, a decision that could impede coverage for thousands of New Yorkers during the next three weeks and force physicians, rehab centers, hospitals and health systems to provide care for which they are unlikely to be fully reimbhealth systems to provide care for which they are unlikely to be fully reimbursed.

«For the last 18 months, the College has actively engaged with the policy development process, from the publication in July 2010 of the Health and Social Care White Paper Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS, through to the various parliamentary stages of the bill, including the Future Forum's «Listening Exercise» last April and May.

The National Health Act, 2014 for the Basic Health Care Provision Fund, he said, was in the process of being implemented.

He was real glad that we got the health insurance for all of the children in the state, and he was very happy that we had the change in the reimbursement policy for heath - care institutions, a process known as rebasing, and he told me about that and, uh, he didn't say too much about what he was going to be doing and oh, what was that — it was a nice conversation — I also talked to Silda.

«Throughout this process, I've fought for the needs of the North Country, and negotiated better access for critical issues like women's health and maternity care,» Stefanik said.

Siela Bynoe (D - Westbury) also called for terminating Armor's contract as well as speeding up the process of selecting a new inmate health care vendor.

During the 2004 Democratic presidential primary process, Gibbs was affiliated with Americans for Jobs, Health Care & Progressive Values, a 527 organization that ran ads slamming former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean.

Accordingly, the provision in the National Health Act, 2014 for the Basic Health Care Provision Fund is in the process of being implemented.

«I do not believe, nor do I think families worried about accessing health care, think anyone deserves credit for starting a process to take away a person's ability to get health care,» Miner said.

If you want to know what happened to it, take a look at the Department of Health's first annual report on the «End of life care strategy» (62 full colour pages) which asserts that the initiative is off to a great start: it is establishing a National Implementation Advisory Board and a National Coalition to raise public awareness, has published a set of Quality Markers and core competencies, built monitoring into Operation Finance Guidance, tendered for a pilot of a national survey and begun the process to set up an Intelligence Network.

The Erie County Department of Social Services will provide an emergency contact for situations when the CPS worker is not on - site, and will ensure that all applicable screening processes for each health care partner are completed satisfactorily by the assigned CPS workers.

Even the conservative majority on the Supreme Court would have to be wary of suddenly rejecting a legislative process that has been tolerated for years — all for the purpose of taking health care away from 30 million Americans.

They said the $ 3 million cost to process breast milk from the milk bank to feed premature babies, including those whose families qualify for Medicaid, could save the state health system $ 350,000 for hospital care for babies that can't fight off certain diseases without breast milk.

The Conservatives announced, just before their party conference, that they favoured a single assessment process for both health and social care needs.

With the state budget process being more difficult in 2017 because of a revenue shortfall, the potential end of Obamacare could force state officials to scramble even more to cover health care costs for thousands.

«I noticed that stainless steel is frequently used in the health care industry and for food processing, but not a lot of research has been done to prevent bacteria from growing on these surfaces,» Buket Demir, Ph.D. says.

The four stages, which together help health care professionals to identify issues and create more effective solutions in a timely manner are: 1) contextual inquiry: understanding the way things currently work and seeing the nuances others have missed by immersion in the work; 2) problem definition: reexamining what the organization should be solving for in a way that avoids incremental improvement to a current process; 3) divergence: exploring alternatives to initial solutions; and 4) rapid validation: testing critical assumptions and proposed solutions quickly at low cost.

Instead, they urge hospitals and other health care institutions to consider adopting a four - stage design process for use in the specialized health care environment.

Health care officials and aid workers attempting to trace the progression of the Ebola virus disease outbreak that has claimed more than 2,800 lives so far (pdf) have come to rely heavily on a handful of disease - monitoring Web sites that act as pivotal hubs for processing information.

Among their recommendations for health policymakers and caregivers are the need to engage community - based care «receivers» earlier in the transition process, to adopt a palliative care approach with patients and their families that sets realistic care goals, and to focus not only on preventing hospitalization, but also on making out - of - hospital transitions easier.