Sentences with phrase «most number of hospitals»

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I have to first admit that I've been a little reticent to post about this, not because I'm not excited about it, but because homebirth in our culture is not seen as a safe or wise choice (though in reality it is as safe or safer than hospital births in most cases — there are a number of studies that indicate as such).

(Even if someone is not present with you in your room, most hospitals have central monitoring where providers and nurses can watch fetal heart rates from any number of places.)

And most of all, because there are NO guarantees, one way or the other - the numbers on safety and well being with home births are better than those in the hospital.

As far as I can tell, the two - month old initiative appears to be making news today because of a new requirement, starting September 3rd, that will «keep tabs on the number of bottles that participating hospitals stock and use — the most restrictive pro-breast-milk program in the nation.»

But on reflection, it strikes me as perfectly possible that a fair number of the most compromised babies, who would end up ill or disabled (for whatever reason) if born in hospital will simply die if born at home.

The problem there is that babies who are transferred too late due to the incompetence of a homebirth midwife or merely being too far away and then die in the hospital (most certainly as a result of the homebirth) are counted as hospital deaths and therefore the number is far too low.

I feel as though this simply makes the most sense, and what a number of homebirth advocates tend not to mention is that midwifery in European countries and the UK is frequently controlled through hospitals - you can request a midwife, but odds are you're giving birth in the hospital, with an attending ob on call, and the midwife is sanctioned by the hospital.

The most important thing we learned that can be very helpful in creating change is this; hospitals are sensitive to a certain rating based on the number of complaints (or not) received by patients.

Most of those states only charge their counties for Medicaid's administrative costs, but New York goes much farther than that, charging counties for a share of hospital costs for facilities that see a large number of Medicaid patients.

«Our results evaluated patients at an average of five years of follow up and most patients continued to be very satisfied and performed a high number of sporting activities, including those that required high use of their shoulders,» said study author Grant Garcia, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York.

«We had expected to see a handful of contradictions in the safe sleeping category, as previous researchers had shown most pictures of sleeping infants in these magazines depicted unsafe positions, but we were surprised at the sheer number and breadth of categories where we found offenses,» said lead author Michael B. Pitt, MD, FAAP, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital.

Finally, an increasing number of research - intensive medical schools and hospitals (where most physician - scientists work) have constructed multifaceted programs aimed at encouraging medical students to become involved with research before and after receiving their MD degree and at protecting the research time of young physician - scientists during their junior faculty appointments.22 - 24

U-M pediatric cardiologists and cardiac surgeons have deep experience treating even the most complex heart conditions, some of which only a small number of hospitals around the country are able to surgically repair.

«Of the patients screened for the study, only about 1 percent... were enrolled in the registry; this is a very low number for most studies,» noted Dr. Stephen Green, associate chairman of the department of cardiology at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Of the patients screened for the study, only about 1 percent... were enrolled in the registry; this is a very low number for most studies,» noted Dr. Stephen Green, associate chairman of the department of cardiology at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.of the department of cardiology at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.of cardiology at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y.

One of the differences that struck me most between working in the small animal hospital at Tufts and doing an externship down south is the number of canine patients that present to the clinic that test heartworm positive.

Most patients will still need the occasional professional cleaning in - hospital, but the frequency can be reduced, and the number of teeth lost to periodontal disease between cleanings can be minimized.

Most importantly, you should have the phone number of poison control, your regular veterinary and an after - hours hospital posted in your home.

They are designed to capture the most important pieces of information, including your location and phone number, your veterinary hospital's brand identity, your pet care philosophy and basic services, brief veterinarian biographies, and the option to view your full website.

For growth in the number of hospitals, health care providers and health plans, trend rates were derived from the Census Bureau's Statistics of U.S. Businesses, using SIC code - specific five - year annual average growth rate from 1992 - 1997 (the most recent data available).