The incident is raising
questions about patient safety and privacy in the digital age.
There are many
questions about the patient's visit on the survey including scheduling, wait time, the provider, etc..
The earlier decision was controversial, however, partly because it raised uncomfortable
questions about patient choice.
In very few family conferences did health care professionals attempt to further understand surrogates» beliefs, for example, by asking
questions about the patient's religion.
Patient Relations staff are available to work with you to address questions and concerns, to clarify hospital policies and procedures and to answer
questions about Patient and Family Rights and Responsibilities.
If there is
any question about a patient and you wish to re-test, thyroid hormone supplementation must be discontinued at least 2 months for blood testing to be valid.
Medication mistakes can be completely avoided if better caution was taken such as, asking many
questions about the patients» medical history, if they have ever experienced an allergic reaction to any type of drug, and what happens to them physically once they've experienced that reaction.
Not exact matches
«We are the world - class leader in this technology, no
question about it... Since we have launched our mobile platform we've received numerous stories from our
patients «Gee, you've saved my life, again,» and so it has been wonderful,» Sayer said.
As I've chronicled extensively, Exondys is an extremely controversial treatment, and the FDA's decision to approve the therapy over the objections of the agency's own scientific staff stunned many observers last year, raising
questions about whether or not the FDA had succumbed to a well - orchestrated and heart - wrenching PR campaign by
patients and advocates.
Orbita plans to team up with Boston's Commonwealth Care Alliance to introduce the technology into
patients» homes, where they can communicate with the digital assistant (dubbed Alexa) to relay information such as blood pressure readings and get in touch with care providers
about their medical
questions.
This health care startup created an app, OpiSafe, that's used by
patients to fill out a survey that includes
questions about family and personal health histories.
«The services failed to ask simple, relevant
questions of
patients about their symptoms, leading them to repeatedly miss important diagnoses,» dermatologist and lead author Jack Resneck told the Journal.
In this social experiment, those
questions cover everything from
patient privacy to the ethical dilemma of warning someone
about a risk they can't avoid.
It's staffed by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who will make
about five million calls a year, answering
patient questions and reminding them to refill their prescriptions.
When I started as a hospital content writer, I would hang out in the waiting rooms and ask
patients questions about what types of content they would like to see on the website.
This act has now become the law of the land and requires that
patients on admission to a hospital or other institutions in receipt of federal health care funds be
questioned about Advance Directives» which are a Living Will, Health Care Agent, Durable Power of Attorney» so that if unable to express an opinion, the
patient's wishes concerning life - sustaining technologies will have been made known.
The GPs would die if they learned that the nurses were afraid to disturb them with their
questions or with their opinions
about a
patient.
If such
patients were «defined as dead,» all
questions about care for PVS
patients would be instantly resolved, and harvesting organs from them would not violate U.S. law that prohibits harvesting organs from living
patients (108).
Ms. Harvey does raise important
questions about those in a PVS, but I suspect that such
questions ultimately can be answered only by the
patient's family in a context of care and support provided by the medical and religious communities in a counter-balancing role for one another, thus preventing hasty or self - serving decisions.
C# 3) A
question about the recipe: I don't think I was
patient enough with the cooking (or perhaps my thermometer reads incorrectly), but these delicious, delicious treats came out wayyy too soft.
Our player of the season so far?Certainly the most consistent.JACK AND OZIL CONTRACTS - just get them signed up for F *** S SAKE.Jack doesn't want to go anywhere and Ozil will have his choice of big clubs to choose from if allowed to be able to go on a free.How
about giving out a statement of our ambitions (yeah right) and show were prepared to pay whatever it takes (up to the point of being ridiculous) to SIGN the best and KEEP the best» These two are the best we have so get them sorted early to send out a message of how serious we intend to be.AUBAMEYANG - So what if he has a contract.So did Sanchez.Offer the right money to Dortmund and the player and he will be ours.What is there to
question over this deal?He is a proven goalscorer.We have just lost one.Get the deal done.GIROUD - Get rid of him to Dortmund if they want him either by selling or if it sweetens the deal just loan him till the end of the season.He was a back up when Sanchez was here and will be on the mix of back ups if Auba signs.He has a World Cup squad to fight for just to be considered so needs to be playing every week.We do not need him if Auba signs and would demand better than him if the deal fails to happen.Just get rid.JONNY EVANS - I'm not sure.Agree Kos needs nursing through games and we do not have consistent performers to come in if he is injured or rested mainly due to both Chambers and Holdimg not progressing through as much as we first thought and hoped for.Gooners have always been
patient and supportive of the youngsters as they have come through but
question marks to the whole coaching staff as to why these two seem to have stalled as much as they have done.Steve Bould - What do you do?You should be ashamed.
While many
questions persist
about more sophisticated diagnostic measures, rehabilitation and long - term effects of injury, we continue to make great progress, remain current on research and new techniques and provide the best possible care for our
patients at any level of sport or activity.»
She is always there to answer any
questions a
patient might have
about the costs involved in their treatment.
They contacted me last year to ask a
question about one of my
patients and I told them, then sent a follow up letter telling them that I wanted ALL my charts removed from their database and the research.
We recommend that
patients gather some
questions about IUI beforehand so that you can make the most of your time during the consultation.
One day last week, after seeing my
patients, I checked my messages and listened to one from a reporter wanting to ask me some
questions about World Breastfeeding Week (WBW).
A
patient should take the time to ask
questions about the procedure he or she would like performed.
Obstetrician — gynecologist and other obstetric care providers should engage the
patient's partner and other family members in discussions
about infant feeding and address any
questions and concerns.
We encourage prospective
patients to attend one of our free, monthly seminars where they can meet our physicians and staff, learn
about treatment options, ask specific
questions, and tour our facility.
Although the document reminds those carrying out the checks not to «practice racial or nationality profiling» or «cherry - pick which
patients to
question», there are already concerns
about how this will work in practice.
«How the doctor responds initially to the
patient's
question is very important and will set the tone for the rest of the interaction
about this sensitive issue.»
Royal Free did not respond to New Scientist's
questions about what opt - out mechanisms are available to its
patients.
Prior studies found that 41 percent of physicians routinely
question patients with lumbar disc herniation
about sexual problems.
A television documentary raised new
questions about Paolo Macchiarini and the synthetic tracheas he implanted into eight
patients.
A clinician - scientist — or clinician - investigator, or whatever name one chooses — is a clinician who thinks
about improving diagnosis and treatment for his / her
patients and makes an effort to find a rational answer to unsolved
questions.
When she teaches medical students and doctors
about treating menopausal symptoms, she brings up three
questions to ask
patients.
Dr Holmes» previous research with people who had received treatment for an ED showed that even when a
patient specifically asks to talk
about questions of gender, their request may be ignored — either because such issues are seen as a low priority, or because health professionals have little training in this sphere.
Although the exact process by which magnetic stimulation relieves depression remains an open
question, TMS practitioners have reported that
about 60 percent of
patients see a remission of their symptoms.
The finding, reported in next month's issue of Nature Medicine, raises new
questions about whether people could contract exotic diseases if animal organs become routinely transplanted into human
patients.
The study, which compared each model's success in Caucasian women with those of Asian descent (Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean and Vietnamese), also raised important
questions about the effect of race on cancer development: When Caucasian and Asian
patients with similar family histories of breast and ovarian cancer were compared, the Asian women had higher rates of genetic mutation, although the rates of these cancers for Asians have traditionally been lower.
The study also helps to answer a key
question about the brain structures of depressed
patients.
The trial was originally intended to enroll 29
patients, but Maharaj did not answer
questions about why the paper featured results from only three of them.
While EHRs let students to check their diagnostic impressions by monitoring
patient outcomes, the practice raises ethical
questions about the appropriate use of protected health information.
«In a time of increasing concern
about overtreatment, the risk - benefit ratio of bilateral mastectomy warrants careful consideration and raises the larger
question of how physicians and society should respond to a
patient's preference for a morbid, costly intervention of dubious effectiveness,» the authors write.
Among these
patients, 589 who screened positive for substance use were asked
questions about chronic pain and their substance use.
And for researchers studying the organ, new
questions are emerging
about how the environment, lifestyle or genetics of this small cohort of
patients might predispose them to appendicitis even as it becomes less common.
Fortunately, research is beginning to answer these
questions and provide badly needed tools for doctors,
patients and families facing complex decisions
about treatment.
The new detection of learning also opens up
questions about when
patients should be classified as being in a persistent vegetative state — in which emergence isn't predicted to be likely — as Terri Schiavo was determined to be at the time.
The researchers interviewed the 17 providers
about how they define irritability in their school - age
patients, how they evaluate irritability, and how they differentiate between normal and abnormal irritability, among other
questions.
They ran
patients through some 300
questions about their eating habits, asking them to recall all the food consumed over the course of weeks.