Sentences with phrase «medical needs of the patients»

United Therapeutics Corporation is a biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of products to address the medical needs of patients with chronic diseases.

In 2009, MD Anderson opened what remains the only clinic of its kind at a comprehensive cancer center to address the unmet medical needs of its patients with HCV.

The cases were different the medical needs of the patients were different the practice pace was different.

Assisted physicians in developing individual care plans in order to meet emotional and medical needs of patients

Doctors are responsible to take care of the medical needs of the patients.

Evaluate, plan and monitory medical needs of patients then provide reports to doctors and family members.

Not exact matches

A number of these highly addictive painkillers get diverted, landing in the hands of patients who misuse them or lack a legitimate medical need; often, they wind up with people to whom they were never prescribed.

While necessary, continuing medical education is self - directed; there is no way of knowing whether physicians are remaining current with the knowledge and skills needed to care for patients.

«Although there may not be immediate benefit for patients as specific plan sponsors will need to purchase the coverage, this move will make covering medical cannabis simpler than today's exception process and speaks volumes to the broader acceptance and legitimacy of medical cannabis,» he said.

Investing in novel therapeutics, medical technologies and innovative delivery platforms that meet the critical needs of patients worldwide

'' [It] minimizes the need for a full fledge [d] investigation to determine if some of these deaths could have been prevented, or whether the island's medical facilities were negligent in terms of providing treatment to their most vulnerable patients,» writes Yordán, who is from Puerto Rico.

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.

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.

Conduct assessments and the analysis of injured employees to evaluate the vocational and medical needs required for the return of patients to work.

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...

The shipment contained more than 3 tons of urgently needed medical aid for patients with storm - related illnesses and injuries, as well as chronic disease medicine to replace medications lost in the storm.

Medical professionals consistently give signs that they have to manage, control, deal with «it»; patients need to be free, expressive, full of wonder, each of them a «thou.»

As Albert Deutsch showed in his monumental history of care of the mentally ill, some 19th century institutions did provide humane care, as well as general medical and surgical treatment for patients who needed it.

Smart, there isn't a hospital in this country that turns away a patient in need of medical attention.

As the global leader of DuPont's Medical and Pharmaceutical Packaging segment, Margaret (Meg) Pyers, connects the science of DuPont to the sterile packaging industry, helping meet the needs of the value chain to improve patient outcomes.

And with all due respect to your wife, one of the things she needs to learn in medical school — and the sooner the better — is that when you're the patient your medical judgement is NOT sound.

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 prevention.

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.

The AAP describes a family - centered medical home as an approach in which the pediatric care team works in partnership with a child and a child's family to assure that all of the medical and non-medical needs of the patient are met.

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.

Each day, hundreds of children received needed medical attention, mothers learned how to safely care for and feed their children, and everyone — patients, parents, doctors, nurses, volunteers and crew — enjoyed the «beneficial harbor breezes.»

The Royal College of Physicians believes that there is an urgent need to review workforce patterns in hospitals to ensure that medical in - patients receive direct input from consultant physicians on a seven day a week basis.

It would be a scandal if patients in need of medical treatment were made to pay the price for the government's inability to draw the saga to a close.

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,» Gillibrand said.

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 commission said lawmakers should specifically look at Armor's pattern of failing to properly manage patients» chronic medical needs, maintain proper and organized patient records and provide needed hospitalization for patients.

One of the lessons learned during the November 2014 snowstorm that dropped more than 6 feet of snow on towns in Erie County, is the need for a cohesive response plan for patients with critical, chronic medical needs.

«I needed an option, other than something that could potentially kill me, to try and fight these massive attacks and that's how I discovered cannabis,» McClellan said, who became one of the first patients in Minnesota to take advantage of the state's new, strictly regulated medical marijuana program.

«Our patients deserve a nurse at the bedside to care for their healthcare needs and often today there just are not enough nurses to provide that care,» said Judy Sheridan - Gonzalez, an Emergency Room RN at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and president of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA).

The employment and engagement of the experts in the area who will help the affected patients and those who would need professional advice according to the Association of Medical Social Workers of Nigeria, (AMSWON) will help to reduce the rising cases of psycho - social problems; divorce, poverty, malnutrition, juvenile delinquency, rape, examination malpractices, cultism, violence and prostitution among others.

«New York's medical marijuana has made the state more economically competitive and has ushered in a new era of compassionate care by giving patients and families suffering from debilitating illness greater flexibility and choices to get the life - sustaining medical care they need,» she said in a statement.

Join in a press conference and meetings with legislators to explain the urgent need for emergency access for critically ill patients and to voice your concerns with the limitations of the medical marijuana program being implemented by the Cuomo Administration.

«How did the medical team attend to the spiritual or religious needs of cancer patients?

In 1993 Ombrellaro participated as a physician in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Mednet video consultation pilot project, which offered inmates medical exams using videoconferencing technology, negating the need for physicians to be in the same rooms as their patients.

«Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients have limited treatment options and a desperate need for effective therapies,» said University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) neurologist Robert Griggs, M.D., lead author of the study.

Balancing legitimate medical need with an individual's own risk factors is a primary concern for patients, many of whom worry they will become dependent on prescription pain relievers.

«Education has the potential to both reduce overprescribing and ensure that patients in need retain access to opioids,» explained Alford, who is also medical director of Boston Medical Center's Office - based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) pmedical director of Boston Medical Center's Office - based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) pMedical Center's Office - based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) program.

In a perspective in this week's New England Journal of Medicine, Daniel Alford, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine and assistant dean of Continuing Medical Education and director of the Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) program at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), recommends that prescriber education is the best approach to addressing the prescription opioid - misuse epidemic, allowing for individualized care on the basis of a patient's needs after a careful benefit - risk assessment.

This also means patients will no longer need frequent medical visits and blood tests, which are required for those taking theses types of medications.

«It is particularly good news for the large number of affected patients that if they are in good medical care and have survived breast cancer, they do not need to be more worried about deadly heart diseases than women at the same age without breast cancer.»

To ensure that patients can receive all recommended care, we need to recognize the financial burden of cancer and identify patients at risk for financial concerns,» says lead study author Christine M. Veenstra, M.D., M.S.H.P., clinical lecturer in hematology / oncology at the University of Michigan Medical School.

Dr. Lazaridis says such knowledge will be important in facilitating the development of medical therapies for primary sclerosing cholangitis — an urgent need for patients.

This biological dynamo could help unlock understanding of basic human biology and also help patients in need of medical care.

The researchers said that patients with chronic conditions require more routine follow - up care than those with acute medical problems, and were therefore more vulnerable to the negative effects of perceived discrimination, which could dissuade them from seeking needed care.

«In an era of terrorism, even clinicians serving non-military patients need to understand the spectrum of injuries caused by bomb explosions,» explains lead author Dr. Ali Guermazi, Professor of Radiology at Boston University School of Medicine and one of the many specialists treating bombing victims at Boston Medical Center.