Sentences with phrase «patients access health care»

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«Although I was previously aware of the many social circumstances affecting my patients» access to care and the circumstances contributing to their overall health,» writes Jessica K. Willett, a California physician, «I'm now able to relate to it on a more personal level.

Walsh says there are times when such a patient needs immediate access to service, but under the current health care system doctors aren't organized to deliver that care 24 hours a day.

It comes at a time when health insurers and hospitals are increasingly looking to technology to help boost patient satisfaction, as consumers and employers are pressing the industry to cut costs and make it easier to access care.

Patients also should have easier access to their records and health data once they have received care.

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.»

He saw firsthand how the lack of follow - up, proper access to information, and the absence of comprehensive care prevented patients from improving their health.

«Donald Trump's administration is handing out permission slips for hospitals and providers to deny individuals, including women and LGBT patients, access to a full range of health services including life saving emergency care.

As it stands NAC operates as a health - care company — consulting with patients, and improving access to prescription medical marijuana.

Access to health care also includes access to preventative medicine which involves providing information to patients about nutrition, how to develop healthy eating habits, how to exercise properly and how often, how to break unhealthy habits like smoking,Access to health care also includes access to preventative medicine which involves providing information to patients about nutrition, how to develop healthy eating habits, how to exercise properly and how often, how to break unhealthy habits like smoking,access to preventative medicine which involves providing information to patients about nutrition, how to develop healthy eating habits, how to exercise properly and how often, how to break unhealthy habits like smoking, etc..

«The State Department of Health will continue to work with other area health care providers in the Bronx as well as the insurance plans that cover Soundview patients to ensure that those individuals will have ready access to quality health care.&Health will continue to work with other area health care providers in the Bronx as well as the insurance plans that cover Soundview patients to ensure that those individuals will have ready access to quality health care.&health care providers in the Bronx as well as the insurance plans that cover Soundview patients to ensure that those individuals will have ready access to quality health care.&health care.»

Collectively, these efforts will strengthen the capacity of providers to address the mental health concerns of their pregnant and postpartum patients, so that women at risk or already suffering from maternal depression will have better health and access to care.

But a key part of the reforms, the NHS care records scheme aimed at providing access to patients» medical records across the health service, is running two years late, while the take - up of the choose and book system is slower than predicted.

«Crystal Run Health Plans continues to be committed to providing access to high quality healthcare and the triple aim — improving patient care, improving health and reducing cost for to the people and business of the Hudson Valley,» Steve Zeng, executive director of Crystal Run, said in an Health Plans continues to be committed to providing access to high quality healthcare and the triple aim — improving patient care, improving health and reducing cost for to the people and business of the Hudson Valley,» Steve Zeng, executive director of Crystal Run, said in an health and reducing cost for to the people and business of the Hudson Valley,» Steve Zeng, executive director of Crystal Run, said in an email.

A Department of Health spokesman said it was «committed to the principle of ensuring that NHS patients have access to the spiritual care that they want, whatever faith or belief system they follow».

«That this House opposes the Government's plans to impose a polyclinic, or GP - led health centre, in every primary care trust; regrets that this could result in the closure of up to 1,700 GP surgeries; is concerned that the imposition of polyclinics against the will of patients and GPs could be detrimental to standards of care, particularly for the elderly and vulnerable, by breaking the vital GP / patient link; further regrets that these plans are being imposed without consultation; is alarmed at the prospective loss of patient access to local GP services at a time when care closer to home should be strengthened; believes that the Government's plans would jeopardise the independence and commissioning capability of general practice in the future; supports the strengthening of access to diagnostic and therapeutic services without undermining the structure of GP services; and calls on the Government to reconsider its plans for polyclinics.

They and GPs are concerned that the Government's top - down, one - size - fits - all imposition of polyclinics in London and in each primary care trust across the country will reduce access to their GP services and undermine the GP - patient relationship, which is at the heart of the successful delivery of health care.

Nearly one in five participating doctors (17 %) cited cuts as their main concern with regards to their profession, with many stating that they feel hampered by the Health Minister's reforms as patients struggle to access the basic level of care they deserve.

That is why we would ensure that patients suffering from mental health will have equal rights to access diagnosis and treatments as those requiring physical health care.

Mokdad said increasing access to primary care, such as general practitioners and physician assistants, would help identify patients» early warning signs of poor health.

«We can shop, bank, make travel reservations, take classes, and buy groceries via the internet from the comfort of our own homes, but too many patients still can not access health care,» said Dorsey.

This suggests that military patients who receive a diagnosis of PTSD or depression have access to at least some mental health care.

Telemedicine — offering online video call access to patients — for prenatal care could also be part of the solution, rural health experts say.

HeartCycle GEx is a different and convenient alternative to access to those programs since the patients can follow them anywhere, even at home, maintaining the level of health care that they receive,» says Cecilia Vera, researcher at the Life Supporting Technologies Group of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

Public reporting of health care quality and patient safety information has reached unprecedented levels, allowing patients to play an increasing role in their own health care decisions; however, as access to information becomes easier, it is important for patients to know where to look for the most accurate and reliable data.

A new study has found access to electronic health records in acute care situations may influence the care given to that patient, and in some cases, failure to review the EHR could have adversely affected the medical management.

A new study led by researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) found that the proportion of discharges among minority patients receiving inpatient care at minority - serving hospitals in Massachusetts increased after the implementation of health insurance reform measures which expanded access to care in non-safety net hospitals.

Thanks to medical advances and improved access to care, overall health and well - being has improved for these patients; for example, life expectancy has increased from 35 years in 1985 to 53 years in 2007.

In January, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine launched AASM SleepTM, a state - of - the - art telemedicine platform that gives all patients access to high quality sleep health care, regardless of where they live.

Access to eye health care is further restricted by lack of equipment and medications and by the mobility of clinicians and patients.

These inequities in health exist in a patient population that has the same source and, presumably, access to health care.

«Patients will have access to health care, but will need to pay attention to the price.

«This approach is a cost effective option for patients seeking distant access thyroid surgery in an environment where health care resources and access to advanced technology are limited,» concludes Walvekar.

«Health care facilities should have the flexibility to choose practice arrangements that best meet their needs without enduring a political battle that has nothing to do with patient safety and could limit access to care,» Izlar says.

«Our analysis suggests these patients will remain without access to affordable insurance, which will almost certainly lead to delays in care and the risk of more serious health conditions.»

Imagine a health care application built on top of Oxygen: for knowledge access, it might use Medline (a searchable, on - line database of articles from medical journals, made available by the U.S. National Library of Medicine) and the patient records of hospitals, both available by speech.

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«More importantly, the lower level of health care access and utilization among this group is likely to impact follow - up care of these patients and may make them more susceptible to diminished quality of life.»

Its mission is to increase access to and improve the quality of addiction treatment, to educate physicians, and other health care providers and the public, to support research and prevention, to promote the appropriate role of the physician in the care of patients with addictive disorders, and to establish addiction medicine as a specialty recognized by professional organizations, governments, physicians, purchasers and consumers of health care services and the general public.

By using existing communication infrastructure and expanding the capability of existing mobile phone technology, mobile phone microscopy systems could enable greater access to high - quality health care by allowing rapid, on - or off - site microscopic evaluation of patient samples.

Health - care consumers considering a physician at University of Utah Health now have an additional tool - online access to the system's patient satisfaction scores and comments.

Our integrated care model — in which doctors, hospitals and pharmacies are all part of one system — and access to the largest private electronic health record in the world allow researchers to evaluate many aspects of the care we deliver, while maintaining patient privacy.

«With the opening of this new wing of the Admissions Building, we are significantly improving access to mental health care by being able to provide services to an additional 1,000 patients and their families each year.»

The HudsonAlpha Clinical Services Lab's vision is to provide access to genomic data to physicians, healthcare institutions, and patients to improve health through diagnostic and eventually preventive care.

Buyon said the reasons for the racial difference are unclear, but access to health care probably does not explain it, since all study patients were receiving care.

Both diseases disproportionately affect people living in poverty, both are chronic conditions requiring prolonged, expensive treatment, and as with patients in the first two decades of the HIV / AIDS epidemic, most patients with Chagas disease do not have access to health care facilities.

By integrating the True Health service model into their operations, hospitals are able to expand their patient reach and improve access to care in their community.

How is True Health providing a virtual access point for patients and does this change care coordination for patients?

That's why I started Parsley Health — a new hybrid model of health care that combines the functional medicine approach that makes more sense for patients of all walks of life, with new care delivery models that both increase access to better medicine for more people, and that let doctors practice the kind of medicine that makes them feel gooHealth — a new hybrid model of health care that combines the functional medicine approach that makes more sense for patients of all walks of life, with new care delivery models that both increase access to better medicine for more people, and that let doctors practice the kind of medicine that makes them feel goohealth care that combines the functional medicine approach that makes more sense for patients of all walks of life, with new care delivery models that both increase access to better medicine for more people, and that let doctors practice the kind of medicine that makes them feel good too.

From backend office services, to patient access to all labs, notes and health care data, to tracking outcomes in real time, technology is the backbone of Parsley's practice.

The UltraWellness Center was created to be a safe space, offering patient - centered, not disease - centered, medicine where people can regain their health and find access to and benefit from medical science and information that has not yet been incorporated into conventional medical care; to experience the medicine of the future, today.