Sentences with phrase «mean health of the patient»

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Increasingly, says Greven, health care providers such as private hospitals are weaving Prompt Alert's technology into larger electronic medical record (EMR) databases, thereby providing these organizations with a means of communicating with patients in highly practical ways that improve the bottom line at the same time.

Health insurers have a multibillion - dollar opportunity to lead a digital transformation of healthcare that will mean lower costs and better care for patients.

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.

Doctors ought not to render their services with a «take it or leave it» attitude but should assume the role of teachers in relation to their patients, instructing and persuading them in the ways and means to health.

For example, such things as life adjustment counseling; community social action; marriage and family life education and counseling; social, religious, and therapeutic group experiences; and the after - care of patients by means of a supporting, redemptive fellowship contribute to positive mental health.

Parents should know that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) calls the «mandatory immunization of all health care personnel an «ethical, just, and necessary» means to improve patient safety.»

That means your facility can play an important role in the health outcomes of babies born in your facility and enhance the health and patient satisfaction of your patients.

«I mean, taking medical marijuana off the street and giving it to patients is not my idea of a health initiative,» Astorino said.

The Indigent Care Pool (ICP) was created under the 1996 Health Care Reform Act as a means of reimbursing hospitals for care provided to patients without health insurance, using funds raised by the state's taxes on health insurance policies along with federaHealth Care Reform Act as a means of reimbursing hospitals for care provided to patients without health insurance, using funds raised by the state's taxes on health insurance policies along with federahealth insurance, using funds raised by the state's taxes on health insurance policies along with federahealth insurance policies along with federal aid.

That means that the presence of this disease is currently almost unknown by the health care providers who are seeing patients.

«STS public reporting uses detailed clinical registry data and outcomes that have been risk adjusted, meaning that the results take into account the condition of the patient at the time of surgery and whether or not there were other health problems, such as diabetes.»

The regulations are meant to provide federal protection and to reassure the public that their health and research information are safe, but at the same time the proposal also calls for the exchange of data without patient consent for «national priority activities» — which include research.

Many patients face delayed diagnosis and treatment, meaning the disease progresses and causes further ill health and risk of complications, for example myocardial infarction, blindness, and stroke, which are difficult and expensive to treat.

For example, the authors suggest that hepatitis C - positive kidneys should be offered to uninfected patients who have a high risk of health deterioration if they continue dialysis — including elderly patients or those with serious co-existing conditions, such as cardiovascular disease — disadvantageous blood types or other conditions that would mean many years of waiting for an appropriate hepatitis C - negative kidney to become available.

«That means there would be tremendous benefit to patient advocacy groups, health care organizations, providers and policymakers working together to develop clear guidelines and policies around the responsible, positive use of open recordings.»

According to Landers, implementing changes to the Medicare policy means utilization of home health agencies for management of acute and chronic health conditions reduces the risk of emergency room visits and rehospitalization, thereby reducing healthcare costs for both the government and the patient.

Importantly, LifeTime scientists will also develop computational strategies such as powerful machine - learning and artificial intelligence methods that help to understand molecular mechanisms and predict the future of a patient's tissue or even means to steer the tissue towards health.

I am excited by the ability of regenerative medicine to provide replacement tissue made from a patient's own cells and what it can mean to the patient's recovery and long - term health.

In this segment, Dr. House and Dr. Barrett talk about why the brain «fools us» into thinking our functional vision and movement is normal in the presence of neurological disease, and what this means for professional caregivers, families, and our medical culture and society, since patient self - reporting is now a major source of information about public health needs and treatment efficacy.

In this retrospective cohort study — meaning the patients in the study already had thyroid cancer and were known to have been exposed to the TMI accident — lead researcher Dr. David Goldenberg, professor of surgery, and colleagues identified 44 patients who were treated at the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center for the most common type of thyroid cancer, papillary thyroid cancer, between 1974 and 2014.

Using gentle and non invasive means, each of the naturopathic doctors, Dr. Jonathan Bablad and Dr. Vanessa DiCicco, tailor their treatment plans to the unique needs of their patient, taking into account the physical, emotional, environmental and spiritual influences that impact their patient's health.

True Health is offering its 21 - pathogen screen with just a one - day turn - around from receipt of the specimen at the lab to delivering the results, a highly accurate means of determining the precise viral or bacterial pathogen responsible for a patient's illness.

In fact, it's been added to infant formulas, as well as to nutrition formulas created for hospitalized patients for decades — which means that the medical community has been well aware of the health - promoting, easy - to - digest fat for a long time.

This means that a drug could be designed to reduce inflammation in patients who can not follow a keto diet because of other health reasons.

Primary care means health promotion, disease prevention, health maintenance, counseling, patient education, diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic illness.

I provide my patients the means to achieve their health goals, especially those involving healthy aging, bioidentical hormone replacement, menopause, andropause, weight loss, expert nutritional testing and guidance, and diagnosis and treatment of chronic illness and detoxification.

Ginger Garner MPT, ATC, PYT, developed medical therapeutic yoga as a system for health care professionals after years of successful patient care with acute and chronic pain patients who fared better when she used yoga as a primary means for delivering rehabilitation.

An example of what this means in health care is to have nurse practitioners in retail health clinics treat patients that have precisely diagnosable diseases with rules - based treatments instead of having pricey doctors in expensive hospitals treat them.

Just like a patient does not have to become a doctor to have clear understanding of his or her body, what a diagnosis means and what possible paths are available to better health, likewise a parent and a student can have a clear understanding of what helps and hinders his or her learning, what different options are available to learn and what alternatives could prove more compatible to one's learning and academic achievement.

I recommend titers for my canine and feline patients once the puppy and kitten series of vaccinations are complete as a means of striving to minimize the chance a VAAE will occur that could permanently alter the pet's health and be costly for the owner to treat.

This means we follow the strictest guidelines for the health and safety of our patients.

This does not mean that they are turning away from conventional veterinary care, but rather considering a wider range of options that might help their wild patients regain health and return to the wild more quickly.

This means we study diagnostic testing, new treatments and procedures in the patients we care for as part of our effort to improve the health and well - being of our patients.

Although the exception for disclosure of protected health information for treatment could be sufficient to relieve physicians and hospitals of the contract requirement, we also believe that this arrangement does not meet the true meaning of «business associate,» because both the hospital and physician are providing services to the patient, not to each other.

This case lead by Hugh James is important because the Defendant accepted that the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH Regulations) applied to MRSA infections, which means that if a Hospital, as in this case, fails to follow its infection control policies, and that this has resulted in the patient contracting MRSA, they will be liable for an injury caused to the patient and will be faced with having to pay compensation, which in many cases, like this case, is likely to be significant.

The one set of standards that we reviewed from a health network association advocated the protection of individually identifiable health information from disclosure without patient authorization and emphasized that encrypting information should be a principal means of protecting individually identifiable health information.

We proposed to define «health care» to mean the provision of care, services, or supplies to a patient and to include any: (1) Preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or palliative care, counseling, service, or procedure with respect to the physical or mental condition, or functional status, of a patient or affecting the structure or function of the body; (2) sale or dispensing of a drug, device, equipment, or other item pursuant to a prescription; or (3) procurement or banking of blood, sperm, organs, or any other tissue for administration to patients.

There are cash plans that cover for the cost of travelling to a hospital or keeping a relative with the patient Taking a health plan does not mean all our expenses on hospitalisation is covered.

Working as a Healthcare Assistant means you'll deal with a wide variety of patients with lots of different types of care needs and health complaints.

Instructed patients regarding general means of effective plaque control, health standards, and the prescribed postoperative procedures.

Some of the challenges in this position may arise by means of innovative procedures for patient care, office procedures, rules and regulations, alteration of the standard system, health department and sanatorium policy changes, amplified data existing on each and every patient and rise & fall in recruitment processes.

All medical assistant interns should use relations, interpersonal skills work ethics, and professionalism while working together with patients of various ages and ethnicity, their family members, physicians, doctors, staff's in physician work place and several other health care units in the true gathering of clinical, demographic, and economic information either face - to - face or by means of the telephone or video conferences if needed.

This program is meant to expand the health care professional's understanding of certain conditions that manifest themselves in older patients.

• Proven ability to instruct patients regarding general means of effective plaque control, health standards, and the prescribed postoperative procedures.

As a result of these changes, healthcare is more accessible and available to patients across all demographics, which means that hospitals and health clinics are busier than ever.

They act as a patient coordinator by providing a means of communication between patients, doctors and other health care providers.

Clinica alone would take a $ 16 million hit, meaning 30,701 of our patients would lose access to their health care, health centers could close, services would be cut, and staffers could lose their jobs.

Quality improvement patients reported higher mental health — related quality of life (measured as mean [SD] MCS - 12 score) compared with usual care patients (44.6 [11.3] vs 42.8 [12.9], P =.03), as well as greater satisfaction with mental health care (3.8 [0.9] vs 3.5 [1.0], P =.004).

This means that the vast majority of Aboriginal people in the state will not access the cultural and clinical skills of an Aboriginal Health Worker during their health assessment, and this will be detrimental to the patient and their health outHealth Worker during their health assessment, and this will be detrimental to the patient and their health outhealth assessment, and this will be detrimental to the patient and their health outhealth outcomes.

However, the failure of this budget to link the need to make savings to health policy reforms — for example, to not just redress the blow - outs in the cost of the Medicare safety net and the Better Access mental health program but improve the functioning of these programs and the health of patients — means that inevitably it must be judged harshly.