Sentences with phrase «in access to medical care»

There are myriad factors that are likely feeding into this public health gap, including big geographic and socioeconomic disparities in access to medical care and the sky - high cost of American medicine.

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Traditionally mobile clinics have mainly catered to those in, say, poorer communities around the country where access to health care is limited, cumbersome or people are simply unable to get time off to visit medical professionals.

New Jersey — a wealthy, educated state with ready access to world - class health care in Philadelphia and New York City — has «better access to higher - quality information that lets us be more complete» in screening, Walter Zahorodny, a New Jersey Medical School professor and director of the New Jersey Autism Study, said in a conference call about the findings.

Velasquez cites workers in an assisted living facility tasked with caring for patients, a job in close proximity to medical records that can be accessed by a few keyboard taps.

Seven in 10 of the world's poor live in remote or rural areas, where access to medical services is sharply limited or not available at all: 5 billion people can't reach or afford essential surgical care, from emergency caesarian sections to cancer surgery.

Teladoc, a telehealth company that provides 24/7 access to medical care for adults and children experiencing non-emergency medical issues via phone, secure online video, mobile app or private, walk - in kiosk, raised $ 50.3 million from Jafco Ventures, FLAG Capital Management, Greenspring Associates, Mellon and QuestMark Partners, Cardinal Partners, HLM Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, New Capital Partners, and Trident Capital.

In a statement, Beaumont Health's Paul E. LaCasse said, «This is precisely what we needed to improve access to medical care at Beaumont's facilities for our patients who are elderly, in wheelchairs or have mobility challenges.&raquIn a statement, Beaumont Health's Paul E. LaCasse said, «This is precisely what we needed to improve access to medical care at Beaumont's facilities for our patients who are elderly, in wheelchairs or have mobility challenges.&raquin wheelchairs or have mobility challenges.»

Some individuals with disabilities rely on support persons in order to help with communication, mobility, personal care, medical needs, or access to services.

While the consumer price index has averaged a 3.7 % annual increase since 1947, [7] it is estimated that the medical care component will continue to rise (6.5 % in 2017)-- and increased access to care nationwide will drive that figure higher.

ATHENS / NEW YORK, MAY 3, 2018 — As the Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, visits Lesvos for a regional conference, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns that thousands of men, women, and children in Lesvos are living in squalid, overcrowded conditions in Moria camp, with insufficient access to health care.

We have the best medical schools in the world and likely the best care money can buy, and yet there are many who go without insurance and therefore comprehensive care, although no one is denied access to critical care.

The general consensus in this country is that women should have access to proper medical care when deciding (with their doctor) how to maintain their own health.

The symptoms are so similar that an online abortion group which sells pills to women in pro-life countries instructs women who suffer complications: «If you live in a place where abortion is a crime and you don't have a doctor you trust, you can still access medical care.

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Cheerleading should be designated as a sport in all states, allowing for benefits such as qualified coaches, better access to medical care and injury surveillance.

GoHealth Urgent Care centers offer effortless access to care through online check - ins, walk in appointments, integrated medical records, and modern facilitCare centers offer effortless access to care through online check - ins, walk in appointments, integrated medical records, and modern facilitcare through online check - ins, walk in appointments, integrated medical records, and modern facilities.

Fistula is a condition resulting from prolonged, obstructed labor; it is typically due to lack of timely access to medical care (it's most prevalent in rural Africa and parts of Asia) and usually results in a stillborn child and a hole in the tissue of the bladder and / or rectum (due to prolonged pressure from the baby) that results in the uncontrollable passage of urine and / or feces.

Women need to be allowed to choose how they birth, we should feel for those who have no choice, but that works both ways, those who have no access to medical care, and those forced to give birth in a hospital surrounded by strangers and machines.

Let's just support the right to choose, the right for all women to be able to access any medical care she needs to support her choice for birth — and support women who are grieving all over the world at home, in hospitals and many other places for their babies who didn't make it.

The Tufts Medical Cener program was one of the first in the U.S. to bring a team of care providers under one room to give patients access to multiple specialists, all in one location.

Even the smallest and most remote Caribbean destinations often have excellent medical care available, but your best bet is knowing in advance which are closest and easiest for you to access prior to actually needing medical attention.

I know there's no way to truly tell what would've happened had my entire pre-natal care leading up to birth been with a midwife and the intention of a home birth, but in thinking it all through I realized that I was going to have to trust one thing or the other: my own body, with no quick access to modern medical technology, or a team of medical staff with all of the equipment possibly needed.

In a hospital with access to medical care that would have saved me or my baby should either one of us had complications.

Our commitment to evidence - based fertility care makes our experienced reproductive endocrinologists recognized leaders in the field, while giving hopeful parents access to the most innovative medical approaches to help them overcome fertility challenges and grow their families.

I am also grateful for the Canadian system that allows home birthing women access to emergency services and obstetrical care in the event of a medical emergency or true complication.

Somehow I think Queen Anne would have leapt on the chance to give birth in hospital, access proper medical care, have her children vaccinated etc. etc..

ROTHMANAnd I also just want to say that it is really great to have physicians like Dr. Downing, who understand the midwifery model, understand our scope of practice and where it intersects with obstetrics, so that when we do have something going on at a homebirth where we're not sure things are going well and we were starting to feel like maybe we need to access medical technology, that we have people like Dr. Downing that we can call and say, here's what's going on, we're coming in, and that we know that we and our clients will be received with compassion and respect and understanding of what has come before, so that we never have to hesitate to bring someone in knowing that they're gonna get that good care.

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You want the best f» in medical care you have access to.

Fortunately, Floating Hospital for Children has great news: we've brought our specialists to you, so you can have access to world - class pediatric care at MetroWest Medical Center (MWMC) close to home in Framingham and Natick.

Without access to the city's internal records, we may never know what really brought about Milwaukee's dangerously substandard medical care implicated in the Fetal Infant Mortality Review, or discern the cause of the extreme bias toward African - American babies dying in Milwaukee, or discover the root of the subsequent bizarre publicity campaign by the local Milwaukee government against cosleeping, but we can be sure of one thing, «Something's rotten in Denmark... er, Milwaukee.»

The report recommended increased access to medical care and improvements in the quality of that care, and yet the focus of the economic and personnel resources of the city in response to the report have been blame - shifting, fear - mongering, and slight - of - hand.

ECCS grants help states and communities to build and integrate early childhood service systems in the areas of a) access to health care and medical homes, b) social - emotional development and mental health, c) early care and education, d) parenting education, and e) family support.

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In the current hospital - based study design, VLBW infants were exposed to a similar NICU environment and had equal access to medical care, removing these potential sources of confounding.

Ingram commented on the mission of PATS in the Commonwealth «PATS believes all student athletes within the Commonwealth should have access to quality medical care and we feel we are uniquely positioned to provide this care.»

The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect State Act, as it's called, «would finally allow families and patients, including our veterans in 40 states that have some form of legalized medical marijuana, to access the basic care that they need without fear of prosecution,» GillibrandAccess, Research Expansion and Respect State Act, as it's called, «would finally allow families and patients, including our veterans in 40 states that have some form of legalized medical marijuana, to access the basic care that they need without fear of prosecution,» Gillibrandaccess the basic care that they need without fear of prosecution,» Gillibrand said.

«We look forward to working with local leaders, residents, physicians, staff and unions on this opportunity for better access to better medical care in Brooklyn.

Citizens are locked up in dehumanising detention centres without access to medical care and legal assistance just for holding political opinions that run contrary to the views of those in power at the centre.»

In addition to medical care, a specialist veterans advice service is pledged with priority access to NHS treatment for mental health.

We will executive, over the next couple of years, social infrastructure in the area of medical facilities and we will be linking this with the health insurance we have already to ensure that Lagos residents have access to medical care at affordable prices,» Runsewe said.

Last June, Faso voted in favor of the cynically dubbed Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017, a bill that sides with insurers, against the rights of patients who have been injured by medical malpractice.

New York members of Congress, led by Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Peter King and Jerrold Nadler, said the proposal violates the law they helped pass in 2015 to extend the Zadroga Act for 75 years to ensure sick 9/11 first responders have access to free medical care.

JESUSEGUN ALAGBE reports about Ife - Odan, a community in Ejigbo Local Government Area of Osun State, where a number of pregnant women have lost their lives while travelling several kilometres on motorcycles to access medical care and give birth to their babies Around 11 am on one windy day in February in Ife - Odan, Osun State, Olusola Adeniran -LSB-...]

We're asking you to join Greater NYC for Change and our colleagues inCompassionate Care NY in demanding emergency access to medical marijuana this Tuesday, April 28th.

Access to quality health care in Brooklyn, training of future medical professionals, the jobs of hospital workers, and the local economy are all in danger.

In a population - based Canadian study of children with epilepsy, each of whom had access to universal health care, those from poor families had the same medical course and remission rate as their wealthier counterparts, but they had a less favorable social outcome as adults.

«Virtual house calls for chronic diseases like Parkinson's are not only as effective as in - person care but broader adoption of this technology has the potential to expand access to patient - centered care,» said Ray Dorsey, M.D., the David M. Levy Professor of Neurology at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and lead author of the study.

«Black children were slightly older at the first admission than white children, which could represent a subtle marker of diminished access to medical care or a delay in disease recognition,» said Dr. Dotson, who explained other studies have shown that the role of biology in health disparities in chronic diseases is often modest, and there are many other factors, such as access to care and health literacy, that contribute to disparities in care.

Through projects at Duke Health, DCRI and the Duke Center for Childhood Obesity Research, Armstrong and other Duke scientists are assessing the most effective strategies to reduce obesity in children, including programs that offer at - risk children access to free medical care, partnerships with municipal recreation programs across North Carolina, and even studying children's gut bacteria to determine how the gut microbiome is related to weight.