Sentences with phrase «improve patient support»

«GPs can improve patient support while taking Orlistat.

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The Clinical Therapeutics Innovation Pipeline (CTIP) will support the local translation of Ontario discoveries into therapies with the potential for improving the lives of patients with cancer.
Geoff is currently the Chief Commercial Officer of Docent Health, a venture - backed firm focused on improving the health system customer experience by supporting, through a technology - enabled service, the longitudinal patient journey.
Community networks of groups for families of patients and ex-patients would improve the interpersonal environment which supports or sabotages full recovery of the patient.
Honored for Enhanced User Experience, this advanced packaging solution supports a number of features designed to monitor the quality of medicines shipped to patients and improve medication adherence of patients to prescribed drug therapies.
These professionals are available to offer support to patients, caregivers, case managers and clinicians in product selection and treatment protocols with a goal of improving outcomes.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Society for Maternal - Fetal Medicine (SMFM) stated that, «one of the most effective tools to improve labor and delivery outcomes is the continuous presence of support personnel, such as a doula... continuous one - on - one support during labor and delivery was associated with improved patient satisfaction and a statistically significant reduction in the rate of cesarean delivery».
Group prenatal care models are designed to improve patient education and include opportunities for social support while maintaining the risk screening and physical assessment of individual prenatal care.
«The Francis report emphasised the importance of staffing levels in its investigation into the Mid Staffordshire scandal and there is strong evidence to support the fact that minimum nurse staffing levels improve patient outcomes.
Challenges highlighted for the year ahead were: Moving forward on piloting flexible sigmoidoscopy bowel screening; a national awareness campaign on bowel cancer; improving diagnostic capacity and productivity; the needs of survivors in different post-treatment phases; providing information to commissioners and providers about patients» experience of care; giving support to tackle issues such as information provision and better communication.
I'm pleased the profession supports our proposals for a fully funded Access to GPs scheme, which would allow surgeries to bid for funding to improve patient access to their GP.
Future research should focus on how relationships between religious or spiritual involvement and health change over time, and whether support services designed to enhance particular aspects of religion and spirituality in interested patients might help improve their well - being.
Although tDCS has been used for years to treat patients suffering from conditions such as stroke, depression and bipolar disorder, there are few studies supporting a direct link between tDCS and improved plasticity — making Grassi's work unique.
While the experience can't prove that plastic surgery expertise improves patient outcomes, it strongly support the value of the diverse skills of plastic surgeons in treating the severe and extensive injury patterns characteristic of modern combat.
The investment will support the PRECISION Panc project which aims to develop personalised treatments for pancreatic cancer patients, improving the options and outcomes for a disease where survival rates have remained stubbornly low.
«To achieve goals of improving quality of life and preventing opioid - related harms, we need better evidence and more resources to support patients both during and after this challenging transition,» Frank said.
Dr Akhavan said that assuming industry support and funding for clinical trials, improved implants could be available to patients within five years.
The authors contend that the Parkinson's community must come together and focus its activism in support of: developing a better understand the environmental, genetic, and behavioral causes and risk factors for Parkinson's to help prevent its onset; increasing access to care — an estimated 40 percent of people with the disease in both the U.S. and Europe do not see a neurologist and the number is far greater in developing nations; advocating for increases in research funding for the disease; and lowering the cost of treatments — many patients in low - income countries do not have access to drugs that are both lifesaving and improve quality of life.
Dr Jackie Napier, Medical Director for Ophthalmology at Bayer, said «At Bayer we are dedicated to working in partnership with the ophthalmology community to help transform lives, and an important element of this is working together to improve the holistic support that is provided to patients, carers and their families.
In theory, therefore, waiting until a later «natural» cycle for embryo transfer should improve outcomes in these patients; however, evidence supporting this claim is limited.
Professor Jeremy Dawson, Professor of Health Management at the University of Sheffield, said: «Schwartz Center Rounds offer a valuable support system to healthcare staff, that can help to improve wellbeing, and that enable a focus on compassion and empathy towards colleagues and patients that is difficult to achieve in their otherwise hectic working lives.»
The grants are intended for projects that enhance patients» understanding of their disease, provide support through diagnosis and treatment, and improve their ability to obtain appropriate health care for a serious illness.
Another way that Dr. Ko said the ACS is working to improve surgical patients» preoperative readiness is through support of the «Strong for Surgery» initiative.
«Currently, most victims of elder abuse and neglect pass through our emergency departments with a life - threatening condition unidentified,» said the latter paper's lead study author, Tony Rosen, MD, MPH, of Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, N.Y. «A multi-disciplinary, team - based approach supported by additional research and funding has the potential to improve the identification of elder abuse and improve the health and safety of our most vulnerable patients
The study suggested ways in which a modified policy could ensure patient comprehension, including improved readability of the consent form and decision - support tools to ensure that women are making fully informed decisions.
Spiegel says support groups and other therapies might improve outcomes by helping patients manage stress and improve communication with doctors.
• About 25 percent of breast cancer patients who joined support groups told researchers in a 2005 study that they attended to improve their immune systems.
In the paper «Having their say: Patients» Perspectives and the Clinical Management of Diabetes,» Dr. Leonard Jack, Jr., Ph.D., M.Sc., Director of the Division of Community Health at the National Center for Chronic Disease and Health Promotion, and his co-authors Dr. Leandris C. Liburd, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.A. and Dr. Pattie Tucker, Dr.P.H., M.P.H. and R.N., propose that healthcare providers can offer more effective diabetes support to their patients by understanding the cultural perspectives that explain their health behavior, to promote adherence and improve health oPatients» Perspectives and the Clinical Management of Diabetes,» Dr. Leonard Jack, Jr., Ph.D., M.Sc., Director of the Division of Community Health at the National Center for Chronic Disease and Health Promotion, and his co-authors Dr. Leandris C. Liburd, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.A. and Dr. Pattie Tucker, Dr.P.H., M.P.H. and R.N., propose that healthcare providers can offer more effective diabetes support to their patients by understanding the cultural perspectives that explain their health behavior, to promote adherence and improve health opatients by understanding the cultural perspectives that explain their health behavior, to promote adherence and improve health outcomes.
Palliative care is a team - based specialty (incorporating medicine, nursing, social work and chaplaincy) focused on improving quality of life for people with serious illnesses by adding a layer of support for patients, their families, and health care providers.
Its mission is to increase access to and improve the quality of addiction treatment, to educate physicians, and other health care providers and the public, to support research and prevention, to promote the appropriate role of the physician in the care of patients with addictive disorders, and to establish addiction medicine as a specialty recognized by professional organizations, governments, physicians, purchasers and consumers of health care services and the general public.
In addition to Amgen's work to improve cancer patient treatment through science - based innovation, CRI will also recognize the company's commitment to the broader scientific and patient communities, both through its support of CRI's Cancer Immunotherapy Month education and awareness initiative, and for its support of the CRI - CIMT - EATI - AACR International Cancer Immunotherapy Conference, a joint program of four cancer research organizations that convenes world - leading scientists to discuss the latest in cancer immunology and immunotherapy research.
With a strong focus on the patient using tested treatment protocols to improve health, Okyanos is a state - of - the - art facility that provides a first class standard of service supported by some of the industry's top physicians, scientists and medical professionals.
In support of improving patient care, Penn Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
President Obama's recent call during his State of the Union address for supporting research that focuses on tailoring drug and other treatments to a patient's individual DNA is encouraging and may improve anti-cancer therapy.
Carole and Gordon Segal, the founders of Crate & Barrel, made a substantial pledge to support the Pancreatic Cancer Genomic Medicine Initiative, which will use genetic information to improve assessment, decision - making and treatment for pancreatic cancer patients.
We are examining ways to improve and support the responsible sharing of data by NHS clinical genetics / genomics services for patient benefit, patient safety and service quality
Developed eleven recommendations to improve, optimise and transform data sharing practice for patient benefit, published in our joint report with the ACGS Data sharing to support UK clinical genetics and genomics services
Our top - notch and fully accredited programming supports professional development with a focus on improving patient care.
This department provides clinicians and researchers with human and technological resources enabling the development of application - oriented projects, with the objective of improving care for cancer patients (assessment and validation of diagnostic, prognostic and patient support tools, as well as development of biomedical devices or therapeutic approaches resulting from basic research).
At a second level, the intelligent analysis of data provided by the first level, supported with a disease management system will allow the neurologist in charge to access accurate and reliable information to decide about the treatment that best suits the patient, improving the management of their disease, in particular to adjust so called therapeutic window.
Members support SPFM's mission to improve patient care and outcomes by facilitating implementation of functional assays into clinical care.
The Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education (Georgia CORE), received a multi-tiered award from the Patient - Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to support «Patient - Centered Cancer Survivorship Care: Improving Quality of Care and Quality of Life for Survivors in Georgia.»
In IPT, patients closely examine their relationships with family, friends, co-workers, and other key people, with the goal of resolving interpersonal conflict, improving communication, and building a more solid support network.
We take the time to walk patients through nutritional support, diet, and lifestyle changes that can improve treatment outcomes and reduce recurrence.
Some of the specific benefits that patients may experience include: (1) Increased energy, (2) An overall sense of well being, (3) Improved sports performance, (4) Improved healing and recovery from sports «wear and tear» or even surgical procedures (5) Enhanced immune support, and (6) Stress relief.
Her special interests are networking and community - building, improving patient access to accurate information, and educating, mentoring, encouraging and supporting the next generation of Lyme disease advocates.
Features support use by clinicians to improve communication with their patients, including the ability to dissect, highlight, and share 3D models and other education materials from hormone.org with patients.
Frequently, patients see Dr. Walker to strengthen immune function, decrease side effects of cancer treatment, gain or lose weight, address gastrointestinal issues, improve surgical and wound healing and to support quality of life concerns such as sleep, energy, mood and others.
Abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract are commonly found in rheumatic disease... Support for an intestinal origin of antigens comes from studies of patients whose joint symptoms have improved on the avoidance of certain foods antigens, and become worse on consuming them.
www.powerimagery.com Monique Class MS APRN, NC - BC Monique is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Holistic Health, and wellness educator at The Center for Women's Health, where she inspires and supports patients of all ages to implement lifestyle changes to improve their health and well - being.
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