Sentences with phrase «quality of patient care with»

Dr. Conaghan ensures the highest quality of patient care with state - of - the - art - facilities and an experienced team of embryologists and is committed to continuing education for IVF lab professionals.

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In addition, hospitals must now engage and align interests with patients, doctors, employees, insurers and the community at large to ensure quality care and effective use of resources.

By retaining healthcare professionals, healthcare organizations avoid frequent hiring costs and develop a more experienced workforce, which delivers higher quality service and facilitate higher levels of patient care with greater efficiency.

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Pharmacists in Alberta fear a new funding agreement with the province will lead to staff cuts and lower quality of care for patients.

Among this group, top reasons for leaving were working conditions (for example staffing levels and workload), cited by 44 per cent, a change in personal circumstances (such as ill health), cited by 28 per cent and disillusionment with the quality of care provided to patients, cited by 27 per cent.

At several of our health centers, we help patients who want to donate tissue for scientific research, and we do this just like every other high - quality health care provider does — with full, appropriate consent from patients and under the highest ethical and legal standards.

Among his key achievements is the development of a «clinical dashboard» to provide clinicians with the relevant and timely information they need to inform decisions that improve the quality of patient care.

ociation (CATA) strives to improve the quality of health care for athletes, patients and clients and enhance the profession of Athletic Training, through leadership, education, and cooperative efforts with other organizations and allied health professions.

The California Athletic Trainers» Association (CATA) strives to improve the quality of health care for athletes, patients and clients and enhance the profession of Athletic Training through leadership, education, and cooperative efforts with other organizations and allied health professions.

Tapping into two issues affecting the hospital experience of young parents: the quality of care for the mother and newborn, and patients» rights • By HANNAH KATSMAN When Gaia (last name withheld) was expecting her second baby, she hoped for a better hospital experience than she had with her first son, who was born prematurely.

For instance, addressing concerns about infant comfort, choking, and aspiration while the infant is sleeping prone is helpful.348, 349 Similar interventions for improving behavior of medical and nursing staff and child care providers have shown that these professionals have similar concerns about the supine sleep position.350, — , 353 Primary care providers should be encouraged to develop quality improvement initiatives to improve adherence with safe sleep recommendations among their patients.

Many NHS trusts are struggling to cope with the added demands of an aging population, meaning more patients suffering from multiple illnesses, according to the latest Care Quality Commission (CQC) report.

«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.»

We have seen that when care for Medicaid beneficiaries, particularly those with complex conditions, is well - coordinated and well - managed, patients have a better experience, their quality of care is improved, and the overall costs of care are significantly reduced.

Also at 10 a.m., nurses, elected officials and patient advocacy groups celebrate National Nurses Day with a «Day of Action to Protect Patients» and call for passage of the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act, Buffalo City Hall, 65 Niagara Square # 218, Buffalo.

Also at 1 p.m., nurses, elected officials and patient advocacy groups celebrate National Nurses Day with a «Day of Action to Protect Patients» and call for passage of the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act, Schenectady City Hall, 105 Jay St., Schenectady.

Also at noon, nurses, elected officials and patient advocacy groups celebrate National Nurses Day with a «Day of Action to Protect Patients» and call for passage of the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act, Bronx County Courthouse, 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx.

Also at noon, nurses, elected officials and patient advocacy groups celebrate National Nurses Day with a «Day of Action to Protect Patients» and call for passage of the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act, NYSNA Long Island Office, 900 Walt Whitman Rd., Melville.

Also at 11 a.m., nurses, elected officials and patient advocacy groups celebrate National Nurses Day with a «Day of Action to Protect Patients» and call for passage of the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act, Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St., Brooklyn.

The database is designed to provide information that can help hospitals improve the quality of care for patients with severe aortic stenosis and help patients make informed decisions about this new form of heart valve replacement.

In addition to improving the quality of life for patients and the cost benefit to health care systems, treating these types of polyps with more advanced endoscopic techniques could avoid many complications.

The authors contend that the Parkinson's community must come together and focus its activism in support of: developing a better understand the environmental, genetic, and behavioral causes and risk factors for Parkinson's to help prevent its onset; increasing access to care — an estimated 40 percent of people with the disease in both the U.S. and Europe do not see a neurologist and the number is far greater in developing nations; advocating for increases in research funding for the disease; and lowering the cost of treatments — many patients in low - income countries do not have access to drugs that are both lifesaving and improve quality of life.

Overwhelming majorities say requiring doctors to report the effectiveness of their treatments and patient satisfaction with care would improve the quality of care provided in the United States.

These findings contrast sharply with the reports from patients who did enroll in clinical trials — 97 percent of whom said that they received high quality care and were treated with respect.

«If you increase the doctor's information as well as their ability to share it with patients and make joint decisions, then I think the quality of care must improve,» he says.

«The primary purpose of this guideline is to improve the accuracy of diagnosis for Bell's palsy, to improve the quality of care and outcomes for patients with Bell's palsy, and to decrease harmful variations in the evaluation and management of Bell's palsy,» said Reginald F. Baugh, MD, Chair of the Bell's palsy Guideline Panel.

With survival rates improving for ARDS patients, understanding and improving their quality of life outcomes is a clinical and research priority, according to the study's principal investigator Samuel M. Brown, MD, MS, FASE, director of the Center for Humanizing Critical Care at Intermountain Medical Center.

While the Institute of Medicine has recommended that improved supervision of trainee physicians through more frequent contact with supervisors could reduce errors and improve the quality of patient care, the authors note that appropriate levels of supervision and how they are to be established have not been defined.

Both the DVD and face to face physiotherapy programmes improved patients» asthma - related quality of life scores (over 12 months) compared with those receiving usual care, with improvements that are comparable to those achieved by increasing medication.

The intent of the program is to help home healthcare agencies to improve the quality of care they provide to patients living with dementia (PLWD) and reduce caregiver stress and burnout.

In the new study, patients with a higher quality of life during their final days included those who avoided hospitalizations and stays in the intensive care unit (ICU), were not worried about death, prayed or meditated, received care at home, did not use a feeding tube, were visited by a pastor in the hospital or clinic, did not undergo chemotherapy in the final week of life, and felt an alliance with their oncologist regarding therapy.

Future research should look at data from state prescription drug monitoring programs and data on other substance use to get a more comprehensive view of how patients are using opioids,» said Karen E Lasser, MD, MPH, a general internist at BMC with expertise in improving the quality of care for underserved patient populations, who served as co-principal investigator of the study.

Because ineffective treatment is associated with pain, stiffness, disability and reduced quality of life, this will lead to better patient care.»

AHRQ is the lead federal agency charged with improving patient safety and the quality of America's health care system.

It does makes me feel good to know that some pharmaceutical companies and doctors are working hard for the first time ever to collaborate with patient advocates to improve quality of care for those suffering from this debilitating disease.

Researchers also performed a meta - analysis to investigate the overall association between palliative care and three outcomes often linked with palliative care — patients» quality of life, symptom burden and survival.

With palliative care, said Morrison, «symptoms are better managed, families are better cared for, and patients have better quality of life» with reduced pain and sufferWith palliative care, said Morrison, «symptoms are better managed, families are better cared for, and patients have better quality of life» with reduced pain and sufferwith reduced pain and suffering.

Pay - for - performance — reimbursing health care providers based on the results they achieved with their patients as a way to improve quality and efficiency — has become a major component of health reforms in the United States, the United Kingdom, and other affluent countries.

This year's new and reaccredited ESMO Designated Centres will ensure that more patients with cancer receive appropriate, high quality palliative care along with the best of their cancer care — and this makes a difference.»

The researchers identified high - quality hospitals by using two common measures of surgical quality: 30 - day surgical mortality rates and patient reported experience with care.

Hospitals with a disproportionate number of contract nurses also had significantly higher levels of patient dissatisfaction, which prior research has linked to lower quality care and worse outcomes.

«This important research addressed a significant question in the care of patients with prostate cancer, showing the continued advancement in extending a good quality of life to those patients,» said Steven Piantadosi, MD, PhD, director of the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute.

A concern is that not adjusting readmissions data for poverty or other socioeconomic factors could mislead the public into thinking that hospitals with a large share of disadvantaged patients provide lower - quality care than hospitals with more affluent patients.

Studies have consistently shown that providing the primary care physician with a team - based infrastructure of specialized, non-physician caregivers whose role is to provide a continuous framework of monitoring and management, improves adherence to quality measures and yields superior outcomes, cost, and patient satisfaction.

A palliative care consultation initiated in the emergency department (ED) for patients with advanced cancer was associated with improved quality of life and did not seem to shorten survival, according to an article published online by JAMA Oncology.

«Emergency department - initiated palliative care consultation improved QOL [quality of life] in patients with advanced cancer and does not seem to shorten survival; the impact on health care utilization and depression is less clear and warrants further study,» the study concludes.

«We already know that coordinated, patient - centered palliative care improves care quality, enhances survival, and reduces costs for persons with cancer,» said R. Sean Morrison, MD, Director of the National Palliative Care Research Center and Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and lead author of the stcare improves care quality, enhances survival, and reduces costs for persons with cancer,» said R. Sean Morrison, MD, Director of the National Palliative Care Research Center and Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and lead author of the stcare quality, enhances survival, and reduces costs for persons with cancer,» said R. Sean Morrison, MD, Director of the National Palliative Care Research Center and Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and lead author of the stCare Research Center and Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and lead author of the study.

Palliative care is intended to alleviate symptoms and improve quality of life, and is appropriate for all patients with serious illness, not just those who are at the end of life.

A consultation initiated from the ED may be an opportunity to ensure that care is congruent with a patient's wishes and to interrupt the cascade of intensive, end - of - life care that may be a marker of low - quality care.