Sentences with phrase «of health care system»

The homeless, the poor, the working poor — challenges ranging from mental illness and the response (or lack thereof) of our health care system, economic circumstance (the lack of control of the family into which we are born), and economic stagnation (mired in a minimum wage job.

HCFA calls on Congress to work together to forge a clean bipartisan agreement on funding of both CHIP and community health centers, two essential components of our health care system.

Maternal Mental Health NOW and 2020 Mom are sponsoring 4 bills introduced in the California Legislature to ensure that ALL stakeholders, particularly obstetricians, health insurers and health plans, hospitals, and government, play a role in preventing women from falling through the cracks of our health care system.

As a consumer, I feel and experience acutely the inadequacy of our health care system, so I can relate to this expectation and anger.

The Social Determinants of Health and the Role of the Health Care System: A Case Study of the Significance of Good Governance in Public Hospitals in South Africa

When I was offered the position as Senior Policy Analyst for Oregon s Department of Consumer and business Services Insurance Division I was excited to be moving into a position which would allow me to use my knowledge of the health care system, as well as my training and skills as an attorney to advise the Insurance Commissioner and other Department staff on issues concerning health insurance regulation in Oregon.

Pharmacy techs are an incredibly important part of the health care system in Iowa.

In the state of Colorado, medical assistants are an important part of the health care system.

Becoming a medical assistant requires competence and knowledge in many different aspects of the health care system, which is why an Associate's degree, diploma, or certificate can be very helpful.

Medical assistants are vital parts of the health care system but they shouldn't pose as a nurse just as a nurse shouldn't pose as a physician.

Case Manager, 1996 - 1997 Coordinated medically appropriate, high quality, and cost effective care for «at risk» patients in the Maryland Medical Assistance program, and assessed needs and assisted caseload of 30 enrollees to gain access and appropriately utilization of health care system.

Assigned the tasks of planning, developing and administering health information system as per the standards and requirements of health care system

Our panel of 100 influential leaders weighs in on President Trump's State of the Union address, developments in the Florida Legislature, and the future of our health care system.

These privacy standards have been, and continue to be, an integral part of the suite of Administrative Simplification standards intended to simplify and improve the efficiency of the administration of our health care system.

The proposed rule would have defined «health oversight agency» as «an agency, person, or entity, including the employees or agents thereof, (1) That is: (i) A public agency; or (ii) A person or entity acting under grant of authority from or contract with a public agency; and (2) Which performs or oversees the performance of any audit; investigation; inspection; licensure or discipline; civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding or action; or other activity necessary for appropriate oversight of the health care system, of government benefit programs for which health information is relevant to beneficiary eligibility, or of government regulatory programs for which health information is necessary for determining compliance with program standards.»

For these reasons, we believe it is not appropriate to limit the definition of «law enforcement official» to persons with responsibilities of oversight of the health care system.

These allowable uses and disclosures were designed to permit and promote key national health care priorities, and to promote the smooth operation of the health care system.

The growing use of interconnected electronic media for business and personal activities, our increasing ability to know an individual's genetic make - up, and the increasing complexity of the health care system each bring the potential for tremendous benefits to individuals and society, but each also brings new potential for invasions of our privacy.

Commenters said that state agencies used the information from government health data systems to contribute to the improvement of the health care system by helping prevent fraud and abuse and helping improve health care quality, efficiency, and cost - effectiveness.

In the face of industry evolution, the potential benefits of our changing health care system, and the real risks and occurrences of harm, protection of privacy must be built into the routine operations of our health care system.

Requiring consent prior to all release of health information, however, would unduly jeopardize public safety and make many operations of the health care system impossible.

Congress called for steps to improve «the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system by encouraging the development of a health information system through the establishment of standards and requirements for the electronic transmission of certain health information.»

Many commenters predicted that fear of lawsuits by individuals would impede the flow of communications necessary for the smooth operation of the health care system, ultimately affecting quality of care.

If this effort is to succeed, the various public and private participants inside and outside of the health care system will need to work together to assure that the competing interests described above remain in balance and that an ethic that recognizes their importance is established.

Activities authorized by law, including audits; civil, administrative, or criminal investigations; inspections * * * civil, administrative, or criminal proceedings or actions; and other activity necessary for appropriate oversight of the health care system.

However, in our efforts to protect the privacy of health information about individuals, we have sought a balance in determining the appropriate level of individual control and the smooth operation of the health care system.

We do so because, while organ and tissue procurement organizations are integral components of the health care system, we do not believe that the testing, procurement, and other procedures they undertake describe «health care» offered to the donors of the tissues or organs themselves.

Refugees may also experience poorer health due to conditions they face when they arrive in Canada including delays in obtaining health care, language difficulties, and a lack of finances, transportation, and knowledge of the health care system: Edward Ng, Claudia Sanmartin and Douglas G. Manuel, Health Reports — Acute care hospitalization, by immigrant category: Linking hospital data and the Immigrant Landing File in Canada (August 17, 2016): online, Statistics Canada http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-003-x/2016008/article/14648-eng.htm.

Moreover, the resources of the health care system aren't being disproportionately drained by people hell - bent on treating themselves.

Dr. Rachlis spoke on «The Second Stage of Medicare,» effectively debunking the various narratives about the condition of our health care system in Canada.

But in order to lead in the global economy and to ensure that our businesses can grow and innovate, and our families can thrive, we're also going to have to address the shortcomings of our health care system.

Each product is part of a health care system for your pet's wellbeing.

Even in the face of the so - called «reform» of the health care system in America, 52 million people have no health insurance coverage, and last year rates increased 8 - 9 percent.

It motivates her actions throughout A Monster With a Thousand Heads, directed by Rodrigo Plá, an angry commentary on the state of the health care system in Mexico (although it applies in principle to many other countries, including the U.S.).

I've seen many sides of the health care system.

I started PMI Health Coaching School because I was sick & tired of the state of our health care system, the lack of knowledgeable and accessible coaches and the real obstacles health enthusiasts were having with NOT finding a cost conscious, quality health coaching school.

D.O.s in private practice may be an exception to the rule, but the consolidation and corporatization of our health care system means more and more doctors are employees for systemic corporations instead of partners or sole proprietorships.

The researchers also evaluated data on outpatient PPI prescriptions among nearly 250,000 patients of a health care system in Pennsylvania.

This, in a nutshell, is the MO of our health care system, and it's precisely the reason that regenerative medicine — and stem cell therapy in particular — has been the subject of so much hope and hype over the past decade or so.

«Too often, the nature of the health care system leaves a critical stone unturned for patients.

In an article published in The American Journal of Medicine, researchers discuss how existing health care delivery models are poorly constructed to manage chronic disease, and how a reengineering of the health care system might offer some hope in meeting this challenge.

Drs Tinetti and Basu identify priorities for MCC research, including further development of research methods, and improvement of treatment guidelines and of the health care system's ability to meet the needs of patients with MCC.

They believe the focus on single conditions needs to be replaced by a model accounting for the «inherent complexity» presented by the mismatch between patients» needs and the current structure of the health care system.

Providing quality of life for the aged will be a primary concern of the health care system, and NNI?s role is imperative here.

«As we continue to ensure the resilience of our health care system, we are working to prepare our health care facilities to handle the effects of a changing planet,» Obama said in a statement Monday, officially naming this week National Public Health Week.

«You have to be realistic about the fact that giving people access to medication is important, but it's not going to substantially save money in other parts of the health care system or keep a significant number of people out of the hospital.»

The research suggests that minority - serving hospitals remain an important and vital component of the health care system and may benefit greatly from interventions such as raising Medicaid reimbursement rates.

The authors suggest that a more meaningful source for an appraisal of health care reform would be «individuals who are especially informed — people who have spent their entire careers on the front lines of the health care system deciding how budgets are managed and how care is delivered — people like the leaders of America's hospitals and health systems.»

They found shortcomings in the capacity of all three areas of the health care system to cope with a surge in demand triggered by an initial Alzheimer's therapy.

While I was at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), I took evening courses at Johns Hopkins University on health policy and the cost - effectiveness of the health care system.