Sentences with phrase «health needs of the patient»

«Wellness tells the story of an employee (DeHaan) who is sent to rescue his boss from a European «wellness spa» but soon realizes he's trapped, and discovers that the facility has a more sinister purpose than just serving the health needs of its patients.»

It is not unlike a medical team in which different specialists focus on the care and health needs of the patient.

Not exact matches

Providers, hospitals and health systems can personalize and track treatment plans to better fit the needs of individual patients, and patients can personalize their exercise regimens, diets and health goals.

In Michigan, the Michigan Pathways to Better Health (MPBH) program, implemented by the Michigan Public Health Institute and the Michigan Department of Community Health, is using tablet - based checklists to collect demographic information in communities with the greatest health needs and assess behavioral health, and social service factors impacting each patient to get a fuller picture of social determinants of hHealth (MPBH) program, implemented by the Michigan Public Health Institute and the Michigan Department of Community Health, is using tablet - based checklists to collect demographic information in communities with the greatest health needs and assess behavioral health, and social service factors impacting each patient to get a fuller picture of social determinants of hHealth Institute and the Michigan Department of Community Health, is using tablet - based checklists to collect demographic information in communities with the greatest health needs and assess behavioral health, and social service factors impacting each patient to get a fuller picture of social determinants of hHealth, is using tablet - based checklists to collect demographic information in communities with the greatest health needs and assess behavioral health, and social service factors impacting each patient to get a fuller picture of social determinants of hhealth needs and assess behavioral health, and social service factors impacting each patient to get a fuller picture of social determinants of hhealth, and social service factors impacting each patient to get a fuller picture of social determinants of healthhealth.

Rather than asking patients to blindly provide doctors and the health system a bunch of data that is then used to deduce their needs, patients and providers could work together to create an action plan.

Glickman: A common pivot we see is around health care: Students want to do something for patients, and as they develop their idea, they realize that it's the insurance companies that pay for this service, so they need to pivot one part of the business by thinking about the needs of who's paying.

What's more, the company's software then gathers and analyzes data on large groups of patients, information that pharmaceutical and health care organizations badly need to evaluate medication effectiveness.

«They want to take care of patients, but they are dealing more with bureaucracy and administrative stuff instead of actually providing good health care, so we need to fix that.»

«Our study demonstrates the power of mobile health tools to scale and accelerate clinical research so that we can derive the evidence needed to inform clinical practice and improve patient care,» she said.

Certainly, dentists need to confirm the diagnosis of cavities and other issues and play an integral role in the health of their patients, but they are helped greatly by the 30 or 45 minutes that a dental hygienist spends assessing someone's oral hygiene.

Several of the services will focus on population health management, including a predictive system that analyzes patient health records and insurance claims to anticipate patients» future needs (and health care providers» costs).

A big part of the problem, according to the former administrators, is that health IT software is being molded around regulations rather than health systems» and patients» needs.

Already a movement is under way to improve end - of - life care by educating health - care providers to respond better to the needs of dying patients, by creating new care settings or improving existing ones, by seeking changes in methods of paying for appropriate care, by educating the public through conferences, town meetings, television programming, and even Web sites (see www.careproject.net), by providing adequate relief of pain, by withholding or withdrawing treatments that only prolong dying, by keeping company with those who are lonely, and by being a resource of meaning and hope for those tempted to despair.

This course provides tools and tips to meet the needs of health professionals helping them engage with patients and address how to counsel and encourage families towards healthier eating habits.

«During product development, we brought together researchers in both the health and culinary fields to ensure a thorough understanding of a patient's needs during various phases of treatment,» said Chet S. Rao, Ph.D., strategy and business manager for the specialty foods group at Hormel Foods.

«As health care providers dealing with concussions, we need to be aware that many concussed patients may be bullied or shamed on social media by friends or teammates who may not believe that they are experiencing concussion symptoms, or that those symptoms are lingering,» notes Mark Halstead, M.D., a sports medicine physician and Director of the Washington University Sports Concussion Clinic & Young Athlete Center.

«The content of this list and all of the others developed through this effort are helping physicians and patients across the country engage in conversations about what care they need, and what we can do to reduce waste and overuse in our health care system.»

Presently, Dr. Sharp is in clinic once a week, however, she's also in charge of resident education at a UW Health clinic, so in addition to a partner, she also has residents available all week for patients» needs.

At a time when trends in health care have led to less personalized contact between doctor and patient, When Words Are Not Enough provides the facts and reassurance women need to be in control of their own health.

At GoHealth Urgent Care, we place the needs of our patients first - by providing an effortless patient experience, a welcoming culture of care and seamless integration with market - leading health systems and our communities.

At GoHealth Urgent Care, we place the needs of our patients first — by providing an effortless patient experience, a welcoming culture of care and seamless integration with market - leading health systems and our communities.

Tufts Medical Center and its Floating Hospital for Children established the Office of Community Health Programs in 1992 to respond to the challenges of an increasingly complex health care delivery environment, to meet the changing needs of Tufts Medical Center's diverse patient population and to focus on public health and disease preveHealth Programs in 1992 to respond to the challenges of an increasingly complex health care delivery environment, to meet the changing needs of Tufts Medical Center's diverse patient population and to focus on public health and disease prevehealth care delivery environment, to meet the changing needs of Tufts Medical Center's diverse patient population and to focus on public health and disease prevehealth and disease prevention.

Although national and regional organizations can take the lead in setting the agenda regarding the safe prevention of primary cesarean delivery, such an agenda will need to be prioritized at the level of practices, hospitals, health care systems, and, of course, patients.

Risk assessment is an important part of every midwife's practice, just like a family practice doc who does OB is always assessing if someone needs to go to OB or maternal - fetal medicine, every health provider continually assesses and refers their patients to the appropriate level of care.

Become familiar with local breastfeeding resources (eg, WIC clinics, breastfeeding medical and nursing specialists, lactation educators and consultants, lay support groups, and breast - pump rental stations) so that patients can be referred appropriately.215 When specialized breastfeeding services are used, the essential role of the pediatrician as the infant's primary health care professional within the framework of the medical home needs to be clarified for parents.

Those restrictions should be similar to those applicable to infant formula and follow - on formula for healthy infants, with adjustments taking into account the intended use of the product and without prejudice to the need to provide food information to patients and health care professionals to ensure the product's appropriate use.

«It is a unique circumstance, but there are other circumstances where businesses face similar challenges in managing the trade - off between the safety of the patients or passengers and the urgent health needs of their employees,» Kozhimannil says.

Bill Hammond, a health policy analyst with the fiscal watchdog group the Empire Center, agreed that the tax would likely be passed on to patients who need the drugs, including terminally ill people and patients with chronic conditions, as well as addicts who are sometimes prescribed medicines that contain a form of opioid.

«During my tenure as Governor, I have held the line on the rate of cost escalation for health care providers and managed care plans; implemented reimbursement reforms to right - size hospital inpatient reimbursement; made investments in critically needed, less costly outpatient and primary care services; and implemented measures to make New York Medicaid a smarter purchaser of prescription drugs and transportation services for patients.

Mr Speaker, we need the words of patients and front line staff to ring through the Boardrooms of hospitals and frankly beyond, into the regulators and Department of Health itself.

Meier authored a law requiring the United States Department of Health and Human Services to apply for a Federal Medicaid waiver to create a pilot program to offer less costly, more appropriate care to Medicaid patients in need of long - term care.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) have said that the medical profession as well as patients need to realise that the continuing rise in antibiotic prescriptions needs to be reined - in by concentrating on the «sensible use» of antimicrobial drugs.

The Liberal Democrats accused the Department of Health of «gimmickry», although welcomed moves to provide patients with the information needed to make an informed choice.

They also cover: Proportion of calls closed with telephone advice or managed without transport to A&E; Re-contact rate following discharge of care - to ensure that ambulance trusts provide safe and effective care the first time; Call abandonment rate - to ensure ambulance trusts can take 999 calls and that people don't abandon their 999 call before a control room operator has answered; Time to answer calls - measuring how quickly all 999 calls are answered; Time until treatment by an ambulance - dispatched health professional; Category A: eight minutes response time — measuring whether those patients most in need of an emergency ambulance get one quickly.

«We welcome the recent findings from the Department of Health's summit in to this issue, and hope that its actions can be quickly implemented so that patients do not face unnecessary anxiety each time their prescription needs renewing.»

Taking antibiotics when they are not needed creates additional health risks as it increases the chance a patient will experience an adverse drug reaction, and also leads to the development of antibiotic - resistant bacteria which affects everyone in the community.

He is an expert in the use of systems - based methods to improve patient outcomes, a leading researcher in use of large scale clinical laboratories and electronic health records to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of care, and a nationally recognized thought leader in the very methods needed to transition to the future of lower - cost, more patient - centered, health care for the 21st century.

WHEREAS, the Erie County Department of Mental Health has identified the need for additional inpatient beds, out - patient slots, community - based mediation - assisted treatment with methadone and suboxone, and related services to treat those suffering from opioid addiction; and

All of these actions are essential if we are to assure a highly functioning health care system now and in the future to meet the needs of our patients.»

As part of this change in relationship between patient and clinician - between the NHS and us all - we also need a new articulation of the rights and responsibilities of a modern 21st century health service.

Bill Hammond, a health policy analyst with the fiscal watchdog group the Empire Center agrees that the tax would likely be passed on to patients who need the drugs, including terminally ill people and patients with chronic conditions, as well as addicts who are sometimes prescribed medicines that contain a form of an opioid.

«We don't need hindsight to see that moving this facility, to the same campus as adult psychiatric patients, downtown in a busy urban environment, will be a colossal mistake and detrimental to the health and well being of children seeking these valuable services,» Kearns said in a statement.

What I do know is the bill is important for creating a mechanism to deliver needed aid to truly needy hospitals [such as] New York City Health + Hospitals, other public hospitals, hospitals with high volumes of Medicaid and uninsured patients, and many rural hospitals.»

ALBANY, Jan. 31 — Gov. Eliot Spitzer proposed to radically restructure aid to New York's sprawling health care industry in his first budget Wednesday, saying that the system props up failing hospitals and too often overlooks patients» needs, while consuming roughly a third of the state's budget.

The number of hospitals forced to turn away patients in need of emergency care rose by 24 % in the last year, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said.

What Labour or more accurately Tony Blair and Alan Milburn, then health secretary wanted is what Mr Lansley now aspires to create: a self - improving system run as a regulated market of competing providers driven by patient choice and commissioning in a way that no longer needs direct management from politicians and the health department.

Lady Williams, known to be wary of increasing the role of the private sector in public services, said she agreed with the need to respond more closely to patient demand, but warned against a move to a privatised American health system in which the focus on the producer interest simply shifted to the «insurance interest».

But any discussion of waste needs to look how health care dollars are thrown away on procedures and care that patients don't need — and how hard it is to stop it.

Emergency patients over the age of 74 have significantly different and more complex health and social needs than their younger counterparts, even after controlling for illness severity, which has important implications about aging populations and emergency departments of the future.

«Our findings highlight the need for health care / dermatology providers to ask these patients about their perceived levels of psychological stress.