Sentences with phrase «health information processing»

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«If you look at the password, it's not even technology... it's a process that's left over from the horse and buggy era, and we're using it to protect our financial information, our health information, our online activities,» he says, exasperated.

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.

This includes the impending installment of Data Protection Officers for all enterprises that possess «special categories» of data, including health data, to ensure that personal information is processed in compliance with the applicable data protection rules.

Growing sectors of the populations are denied access to education, basic health services, or jobs that would allow even a precarious subsistence, The poor, the marginalized and the excluded are not significant consumers, much less players in the global market; they have no access to information highways and hardly a chance to shape any of the other significant byways of the process of capitalist globalization.

Whatever journey you are on, working on eating more real food and less processed, finding your health, eating gluten free or dairy free or just supporting someone else on their journey, join in our community to find and share the information and support you need.

This includes general and technical information such as quality aspects, processing and packaging, as well as the health and nutritional benefits of coconut.

As part of the Rainforest Alliance certification process, SAN auditors collect information about salaries, including non-monetary benefits such as housing and medical care, and help to ensure that work hours are regulated, overtime is voluntary and compensated, and workers receive health and safety training.

It passed public health legislation under which advertisements on television or radio «for beverages containing added sugar, salt or artificial sweeteners and for food products processed and sold in France must contain health information».

We offer our expertise, evidence - based health information, community standards of care, and medical, holistic, and traditional alternatives to support your decision making process.

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.

Call your local health department to get more information about the process of newborn screening after a home birth.

Information for intended parents, surrogates and health professionals about the surrogacy process in England and Wales.

For more information on the consultation process visit Health Canada's Second consultation on Nutrition for Healthy Term Infants web page.

Midwives have the knowledge, training and experience to support physiologic birth and have developed care models and practices around providing information, reducing stress, building confidence, allowing nature to take its time, and promoting healthy biologic processes and innate hormonal systems that this report shows are essential elements in the health and well - being of mothers and babies and families.

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.

Lupardo, a Southern Tier Democrat who sits on the governor's fracking advisory panel, said yesterday the health review needs to divulge more information and be transparent in its process.

Let me point to 10 things that I sketched out this morning: too much money spent on administration and bureaucracy and not enough on front - line patient care; too little patient - centric information to inform decision making; too little innovation; too little clinical input into decision making; too much inertia and hostility to reform, as we have seen today; too much process - driven target culture distorting clinical decision making; falling productivity; poor outcomes across a range of clinical indicators; too often, weak commissioning of servicing; and widening health inequalities in the past 10 years, in addition to the scandals that occurred in Staffordshire and Kent.

While saying that the President himself on his return to the country made Nigerians aware of the state of his health while he was in London, Shehu said full recovery is sometimes a slow process, requiring periods of rest and relaxation, as the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, intimated in his press briefing after the FEC meeting on Wednesday.

In the new health - data economy, your health information, once processed into longevity and health risk, will have a market.

Opponents said they did not trust the recycling process, had health concerns, or did not have enough information about recycled water.

«Hatha yoga and mindfulness meditation both focus the brain's conscious processing power on a limited number of targets like breathing and posing, and also reduce processing of nonessential information,» said Peter Hall, associate professor in the School of Public Health & Health Systems.

Lowe says that the study also demonstrates the potential value of incorporating climate information in the public health decision - making process not only in Ecuador but also in any epidemic - prone region, impacted by El Nino events.

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.

By combining microbial and molecular biological techniques, we are in the process of establishing an efficient analyses set which can provide us with exclusive supporting information for public health risk assessment,» Lisa Paruch says.

During the 1990s dot - com boom, he grew interested in information technology, and over the course of a decade graduated from job to job in the IT department of the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington while learning basic hospital systems, the ins and outs of electronic health records, and the process of clinical resHealth Center in Farmington while learning basic hospital systems, the ins and outs of electronic health records, and the process of clinical reshealth records, and the process of clinical research.

The new volcanic emissions information pulls together opportunities to improve monitoring of natural hazards, human health risks and climate processes — one volcanic breath at a time.

The study of bacteria, which have evolved with humans, can uncover important processes and information that apply to human health, Luo said.

«That may be because when the brain is focused on processing new information — such as taking part in an unfamiliar activity with unfamiliar people in a new location — less «brain power» is available to focus on the family relationships,» said lead author Karen K. Melton, Ph.D., assistant professor of child and family studies in Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences.

Scott Kelly's health data is being compared to information gathered from his twin brother, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, and may also provide insights into everyday health problems such as cancer and diabetes, as well as the aging process.

To speed up the process of completing the online questionnaire, it may be helpful to gather information (current age or age at death, and general health history) on your family members.

«We are dedicated to spreading information about cereal science and technology, processing, and the health benefits of cereals,» said Hamit Köksel, president of the ICC and professor at Hacettepe University, Turkey, to open the event.

Sullivan and her colleagues found that, on average, taste information began to influence the trajectory of the mouse cursor, and thus the choice process, almost 200 milliseconds earlier than health information.

NCBI creates public databases in molecular biology, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing molecular and genomic data, and disseminates biomedical information, all for the better understanding of processes affecting human health and disease.

The examination process provides information used during the treatment determination, as well as ruling out other potential health concerns.

The process is easy and fast and gave me information about my health.

«1 However, this information is rather flawed, as canola oil and similar highly processed cooking oils have untold dangers to your health.

This was at the beginning of my health / natural living journey, but I decided to research natural options to help with the pain and stumbled on information about comfrey in the process.

If you gained useful information from the Paleo weight loss tips, want to improve your fat loss by understanding the results of Paleo type eating further, AND aim for optimum health in the process, the following books are highly recommended.

Your naturopathic doctor's job is to empower you and provide you with information to make decisions about your health so that you are part of the healing process.

«Approximately 80 million adults in the United States have low health literacy — an individual's ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information.

The health value of these roles is obviously vast: without them, energy metabolism would fail, and with it, the vast array of energy - dependent processes within the body; without them, our ability to read our own genetic information or to pass it on to our offspring would fail; without them, immunity and digestion would suffer.

Federal Way, WA, Tuesday, May 26 — The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) announced today its collaboration with the Richmond, VA - based health information technology firm, LivingMatrix, to create a web application that will automate the formerly paper - based process of new patient intake and the creation of the Functional Medicine Timeline and Matrix.

With this two hour in - depth audio class and support information you can relish in an enriched understanding of how to advance your health by removing the processed sugars and sugar substitutes and bringing in healthy alternatives.

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

The reason there is a demand for this emerging technology is that according to studies done by the National Institute of Health, emotional state plays a big role in a person's ability to take on and process new information.

Student health needs assessment processes and information provide a strong framework of support including Individual Support Plans.

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The school nurse assists in the special education process and evaluates health needs, provides information to a team of professionals and develops health care plans for Individualized Educational Plans and for 504 Plans to assist students in accessing all curriculum.

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