Sentences with phrase «high needs patients»

A new volunteer program is hoping to improve health outcomes and the quality of life of high needs patients at Beaudesert Hospital.

The associated conceptual framework includes an integration of schema therapy theory with research findings on attachment, attachment theory and temperament and the powerful role of the latter in fueling transformations with, for example, more sensitive and higher needs patients having the capacity for an exceptionally secure attachment that can lead to exceptional capacities.

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«By merging our expertise in vehicles, technology and human - centered design, we've created a high - touch, patient - focused service that truly understands and is tailored to patients and their needs.

Like banking and finance, the highest - cost medical technology may move offshore to tax - avoidance «banking» centers where expensive new medical technology need not be extended to cover large numbers of patients.

Focusing exclusively on high - potential products that align with health system priorities and patient needs, EXCITE's pre-market approach identifies opportunities for improvement while products are still in development, resulting in better technologies for patients and lower system costs, while also streamlining the subsequent adoption process.

The adaptive pathways concept applies primarily to treatments in areas of high medical need where it is difficult to collect data via traditional routes and where large clinical trials would unnecessarily expose patients who are unlikely to benefit from the medicine.

Maastricht, The Netherlands, 1 November 2017 — Cristal Therapeutics, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing targeted nanomedicines for the treatment of cancer and other diseases with high unmet patient need, announced today that it has begun a Phase 1b...

Chimerix, a biopharmaceutical company that develops antivirals in areas of high unmet medical need, announced in a press release that a Phase 3 study for its SUPPRESS of brincidofovir in patients undergoing...

He must not be sold.He's also better than a lot of Chelsea youngsters.That's not enough basis for him to be sold.At top form he's better than Pedro, Moses and Willain.These are players whose main strength is dribbling and he tops them there no doubt.I remember him in one season having the highest dribble success rate percentage in the EPL.All he needs is to develop a level of consistency.A lot of their youngsters have potential but most won't be good as the Ox.The Ox himself has not reached full potential yet.He hasn't developed a certain level of consistency.Him also being a squad player is because of those above him.Those above him are all quality players.This won't be smart business at all.He's just going to destroy himself in another club and after being patient with him we are now deciding to sell him?

They are also very strong and organised in defence, so Arsenal may need to be patient while using our passing ability to keep a high tempo and keep the ball, drawing their sting and the energy from their legs at the same time.

Also patients who don't understand the purpose of wearing thigh - high stockings instead of knee - high models are less likely to take the time and effort needed to apply them properly.

Milk is divided up by its caloric content so that the highest calorie milk can be sent to in - patient babies with the greatest need.

We believe in the strength of our patients — it motivates us to deliver the highest level of care and provide support for their families when they need it most.

Your gift is instrumental in helping us provide the high quality, compassionate medical care that our patients have come to expect, while allowing us to react quickly to the changing needs of healthcare.

With her patient base consisting of a high percentage of children exposed to violence, Dr Burke Harris has found a variety of ways to begin these difficult conversations and ensure that the children and their families are getting the care they need.

In any patient, the Cesarean section rate for twins is MUCH higher than for singletons, secondary to increased rates of need for induction and abnormal presentation.

«Hospitals need to be fully prepared as early as possible to minimise disruption to services and maintain high quality patient care.

«These changes won't happen on their own and we are calling on all surgeons and managers to work together to deliver the high quality care that these patients need and which some hospitals are already proving can be delivered.»

The need for services in the area surrounding the Mall is underscored by the fact that this zip code has the highest number of births with late or no prenatal care along with the second - highest percent of births to Medicaid or self - pay patients.

Under the need - based formula recommended by the Medicaid Redesign Team in 2013, hospitals serving a higher concentration of Medicaid patients were meant to receive richer funding from the pool — as a way of directing more funds to institutions serving poorer populations.

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.»

Among the items in the state's initial application that federal officials rejected as «unfundable» are capital investment, rent subsidies for high - needs patients with mental and physical health issues, regional planning grants, evaluation projects and information technology.

Together, these organizations will meet the community's unmet healthcare needs by providing high quality patient care and experiences; offering unique patient, provider, staff, and student education; fostering interprofessional learning experiences; and achieving many other benefits to each organization through collaboration, resulting in healthier communities.

It will allow patients to shop around for the surgery most likely to prescribe an expensive drug, or parents to find out which school is best for high achievers or pupils with special educational needs.

Clinical biochemistry departments provide rapid, high - quality analytical results on samples from patients, interpreting the significance of the data obtained and advising on whether further investigations are needed.

This discussion is urgently needed with teen patients, who are either uninformed or misinformed about the dangers and risks associated with electronic cigarettes, says Nancy Campbell - Heider, PhD, a University at Buffalo addictions and high - risk adolescent behavior expert.

«We wanted to identify patients at higher risk for amelanotic melanoma in whom we need to look carefully for this cancer type.»

«Reducing the need for secondary cataract surgery is a highly important goal and indeed, preventing PCO was identified as a high priority by patients in the Sight Loss and Vision Priority Setting Partnership — a consultation to set priorities for eye research.»

Researchers say further study is needed using individual patient - level data among men with high risk prostate cancer to assess the benefit of HRT and whether treatment toxicity, particularly those to the bladder and urinary system are also low with HRT.

«This study demonstrates that targeted fusion - guided biopsy could significantly enhance our ability to identify patients with high - risk prostate cancers that need more aggressive treatment,» says lead author Mohummad Minhaj Siddiqui, MD, assistant professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and director of urologic robotic surgery at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center.

Health care providers need to have a high level of suspicion in their patients that are sexually active for this disease.

The researchers concluded that if vitamin D is to be used in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, clinicians may need to prescribe much higher doses than currently employed or provide a treatment that also corrects the vitamin D insensitivity of immune cells within the joint.

People who received prescriptions for opioid painkillers in the months before elective abdominal operations had longer hospital stays, and a higher chance of needing follow - up care in a hospital or rehabilitation facility, than patients who weren't taking such medications before they had the same operations, the study finds.

Patients who didn't seek follow - up care within a month received the lowest rate of care and had the worst health outcomes — demonstrating the need to improve follow - up with high risk chest pain patients after they're discharged from the emergency room, Patients who didn't seek follow - up care within a month received the lowest rate of care and had the worst health outcomes — demonstrating the need to improve follow - up with high risk chest pain patients after they're discharged from the emergency room, patients after they're discharged from the emergency room, Ko said.

«Dermatologists need to be conscious of the fact that many high - and moderate - risk hairstyles greatly improve hair manageability, and simply telling patients to abandon them won't work for everyone,» says Aguh.

This could involve screening patients to avoid or minimise steroid use if they are at high risk, or if steroids are needed, developing a specific plan to monitor their adrenal function.

But a main obstacle has been achieving stable silencing, so that the patient does not need to take repeated high doses of dsRNA.

My patient was told that he had a score of 710 — a high calcium score — and his physician had told him that he would need to undergo a coronary angiogram, a roadmap movie of the coronary anatomy, as soon as possible.

«All patients of all races do better at the trauma centers treating white majority populations, so this research tells us we need to direct attention to hospitals with higher mortality rates to help them improve their outcomes, or we won't ever be able to turn this around.»

Future studies are being planned to determine if a higher dose of Verapamil may be needed to be therapeutic for some patients.

More research is needed to pinpoint the causes and underlying pathological mechanisms for the higher mortality we observed in this patient group.»

The researchers note that 40 percent of patients at state psychiatric inpatient hospitals have a diagnosis of schizophrenia, while nearly 20 percent experience a longer hospital stay — «suggesting a high - risk population needing special attention.»

«Patients with chronic kidney disease need to be aware of the potential for higher potassium content in sodium - reduced foods, as they are educated to follow a low sodium diet and may inadvertently choose sodium - reduced foods without realizing the risk of an increased potassium load from additives,» she said.

They discuss the implications of their findings for policy and research, including the need for further studies to modify the risks associated with increased BMI and studies helping to support the risk stratification for reimbursement, providing financial incentives for surgeons treating more complex and high - risk patients.

On the other hand, without high levels of suPAR, the ability of the genetic mutation of APOL1 to exert its damaging effects is impaired, which helps identify patients in most need of suPAR lowering or future anti-suPAR therapy.

At a time when drug prices are coming under intense scrutiny, Spark will need to convince insurers, politicians, and pharma critics that the benefit to patients offered by Luxturna justifies its high cost.

For patients undergoing shoulder joint replacement surgery (arthroplasty), higher body mass index is linked to increased complications — including the need for «revision» surgery, reports a study in the June 7 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

Such patients are at very high risk of stroke, heart attack and kidney failure due to uncontrolled high blood pressure and the need to find alternative ways of getting these patients» blood pressure under control is urgent.

A tool intended to detect signs of autism in high - risk infants can be used to help identify and treat patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), a genetic disorder, who most need early intervention.

These relatively high prevalence estimates also highlight the significant ongoing need to care for all of the patients with total hip and knee replacement.