Sentences with phrase «patients need care»

Medical assisting is usually shift work, as patients need care at all times of day and night.

Not exact matches

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To fill this need, leading US patient experience measurement and performance improvement firm Press Ganey developed two surveys that aim to measure a patient's experience with virtual care, according to FierceHealthcare.

And because it can be offered through primary care providers, it lessens the need to send patients on to emergency care or specialists.

On the other hand, shares of hospital chains have sold off sharply, including a 26 % decline for Tenet Healthcare (thc), on the fears that millions of newly uninsured patients will need care but not be able to pay their bills if and when the ACA is repealed.

They need to develop a care plan that makes sense based on individual characteristics of the patient.

«The reason we distribute these products is that there are legitimate patients that need these medicines and who are being prescribed these medicines by well - informed, well - intended doctors who are caring for these patients.»

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.

Fever Smart works with consumers, hospitals, and health care providers to support patients who need continuous temperature monitoring.

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.

Before it invests in a health care innovation, it examines what patients need.

Glickman: A common pivot we see is around health care: Students want to do something for patients, and as they develop their idea, they realize that it's the insurance companies that pay for this service, so they need to pivot one part of the business by thinking about the needs of who's paying.

Since 2012, Medicare has been testing a home - based primary care program to see whether it can improve quality of care and stave off the need for a patient to move to a nursing home.

They found wide variation in the types of patients hospitals determined needed intensive care.

What's more, the company's software then gathers and analyzes data on large groups of patients, information that pharmaceutical and health care organizations badly need to evaluate medication effectiveness.

«They want to take care of patients, but they are dealing more with bureaucracy and administrative stuff instead of actually providing good health care, so we need to fix that.»

«Our study demonstrates the power of mobile health tools to scale and accelerate clinical research so that we can derive the evidence needed to inform clinical practice and improve patient care,» she said.

Several of the services will focus on population health management, including a predictive system that analyzes patient health records and insurance claims to anticipate patients» future needs (and health care providers» costs).

Because patients have more opportunities to participate and track their own wellness, the health care industry is under pressure to innovate and include patient needs in the process.

A social worker or other hospital staffer inputs the patient's insurance coverage, address, and clinical care needs.

Now, it's no longer a place where people go for surgeries and emergency care; it's a money pit — a heavy, recurring capital expenditure with costly MRI and CT scanners, brigades of uniformed employees, and floor after floor of patient rooms that need to be forever cleaned and equipped.

By giving each individual patient control over their schedule, Namaste Alzheimer Center encourages dignity and care that is tailored for the distinctive needs of this disease.

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.»

FMC had bought Sound Inpatient to build up a so - called care coordination business to expand into other types of therapy that kidney dialysis patients typically need.

Healthify works with managed care organizations and healthcare providers to better connect patients with community services to resolve unmet social needs.

We surround the elderly and patients with complex needs with the care and respect they deserve.

These patients urgently need the best care but frequently can not access it.

With help from DaVita's patient - centered care team, Earl was able to continue to bring his music to thousands of people while getting the lifesaving treatment he needed.

«Today we see the Christy Clark government spending money to re-announce a hospital plan that's been in the works since 2015, while Kamloops patients are waiting for hours in walk - in clinics and vulnerable seniors in understaffed care homes are not getting the attention they need,» Horgan said.

Eggen's comments come after the latest warning from Alberta emergency room doctors that critical capacity issues are now endangering the lives of patients as doctors do not have the resources necessary to provide the care that is needed.

Moreover, with growing healthcare needs of the Baby Boom generation and more patients likely to be delivered by the Affordable Care Act, earnings - per - share ought to advance at a better than 10 % clip for the foreseeable future.

Although the clinic was scheduled to close for the afternoon, the HHI medical staff waited until the patient arrived and provided the needed care.

The growing distance between doctors and patients allows for the expansion of the utilitarian approach that sees patients as organ donors, not individuals in need of care.

For helping many alcoholics, I am convinced that we shall need far more multilevel institutions that serve only alcoholics (through bed care, day - hospital care, out - patient care, etc.) as well as an increase in facilities that are part of general and mental hospitals and other kinds of institutions.

This is because her life radiates beauty: through her hospitality to friends and strangers alike, through her joyful laugh, through her care of those in need, through her passion for education, through her love of framing things on film through the lens of a camera, through her ability to be patient with her doofus husband, through her genuine love for God, through her sacrificial generosity to those with less than we have, and even through her stubborn refusal to let me get away with any of my trademark snark.

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.

The government should not let a hospital stay in business if it can not provide the medical care that patients need and would like to have.

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.

But while we're here we need to be understanding, patient, caring, trusting, and loving of one another, otherwise we may share the same fat of so many other species.

But the administration and staff had taken great care to respond to the patients» spiritual and human needs just as they took care of their physical needs.

Hormel notes that the combination of healthfulness and flavor serve to make Natural Choice sliced deli meats a good choice for healthcare and extended - care facilities, where patients and residents may have a need for lower - sodium, more healthful deli meats that still provide an appealing flavor and texture.

Muir Orthopaedic Specialists offers a comprehensive sports medicine program to meet these needs providing our patients with continuity of care.

«Overwhelmingly positive and consistent feedback from our patients has confirmed we are meeting that need for immediate care without having to go to a hospital emergency room, which can be traumatic in and of itself ««regardless of the severity of the injury,» says STAT MED's Dr. Allan Drabinsky, another of STAT MED's experienced emergency medicine physicians.

«As health care providers dealing with concussions, we need to be aware that many concussed patients may be bullied or shamed on social media by friends or teammates who may not believe that they are experiencing concussion symptoms, or that those symptoms are lingering,» notes Mark Halstead, M.D., a sports medicine physician and Director of the Washington University Sports Concussion Clinic & Young Athlete Center.

Working in health care has become a more daunting task as both physical and emotional needs must be considered when diagnosing and treating patients.

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) defines patient - centered care as: «Providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and values, and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions.»

At McKesson Patient Care Solutions (MPCS), we focus on providing patients the medical supplies they need.

If you are a healthcare professional ordering wound care supplies, you will need to provide wound details and specific descriptions of your patients» supply needs including dressing types, quantities and dressing change instructions.

«The content of this list and all of the others developed through this effort are helping physicians and patients across the country engage in conversations about what care they need, and what we can do to reduce waste and overuse in our health care system.»

Someone needs to take care of the patients.