Sentences with phrase «say doctors and patients»

Researchers involved in the effort say doctors and patients need to be more aware that muscle deterioration is a major reason the elderly lose mobility and can not live independently.

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Ready with cash and either Health Canada authorizations or doctors» notes saying their patients report relief when using marijuana, they walk up to a counter inside Cannabis As Living Medicine (CALM), one of the city's longest - running medical pot dispensaries.

«The client fills it out with their doctor, and when the doctor signs it, it becomes a doctor's standing order,» she said — it becomes part of the patient's medical record, and medical professionals are bound to follow it.

Doctors don't come cheap, and the company will have to employ many of them to remain as patient - friendly as it intends: The goal, Cape says, is to never have wait times of more than 30 seconds.

«We understand that patients, doctors and business partners have been disturbed by the reports of improper behaviour at Philidor, just as we have been,» CEO Michael Pearson said in a news release Friday.

Kaiser avoids this trap by delivering care to patients through teams of providers (doctors, nurses, nutritionists, etc.) and physicians --» who quarterback this care,» Tyson says — get a flat salary, receiving end - of - year bonus payments if their patients achieve better health.

«We have an old promotional video showing a doctor lugging a massive cart of video equipment into a patient's room and getting down on the floor to plug it in while a voiceover describes how easy it is to use,» says Klein.

«Well over 80 percent of our post-op patients now see their surgeon every day via... an app on the iPhone, where they can show the wound and talk to the doctor,» says Roizen.

«We're more secure than any entity we work with,» says Gutman, noting that all private HealthTap communications between patients and doctors are encrypted.

Noting that an important goal of the Affordable Care Act is enrolling the uninsured in insurance plans — which will theoretically put more money in doctors» pockets — Jackson said, «As major stakeholders and advocates in this effort, physicians should be educated about how these changes will impact them, their patients and their prospective patients.»

Shane Jackson, president and COO of LocumTenens.com, which conducted the survey, said the results are potential red flags for not only the finances of those physicians» offices, but also for their patients, who «rely on their doctor for a lot of information.»

Rather than replace the radiologist altogether, DiSanzo said Watson would make the doctor's job easier by narrowing down a series of X-ray or CT images to the most relevant scans, and combining that with other patient records to «make your definitive diagnosis quicker, faster.»

«Doctors and nurses have responded positively to Dinsow because it helps them monitor patients,» said Chief Executive Chalermpon Punnotok.

Outcome says it has already outfitted more than 40,000 doctor's offices with touch screens and tablets that can deliver meditation apps, relevant medical information, and (of course) advertising to patients.

California and federal officials have cracked down on a major compounding pharmacy they say posed a threat to public safety, but their actions are worsening shortages of medications that doctors rely on to keep their patients out of pain.

The California Medical Association, which represents doctors in California, opposes the measure because of that claim, and also because the group said the cancellation of drug purchasing contracts the state already has with pharma companies «would remove many drugs from the Medi - Cal list of pre-approved medicines — creating a new prior authorization hurdle for patients and their physicians.»

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«Our vision is to tie - in the «doctor to patient» and «industry to doctor» loops seamlessly to deliver an integrated healthcare ecosystem,» said Gururaj Potnis, chief executive of Idea Bubbles.

Said Perez on Friday: «Lawyers and doctors have an obligation to look out for the best interest of their patients and clients, and all's we're saying is, in the financial context, that advisor ought to do the same — and they can do it.

While more than half the states in the U.S. have passed time limits on opioid prescription as a way to battle the epidemic, the AMA says that should be left up to the doctor and patient.

Mr Justice Hickinbottom said, «In addition to the usual obligations of a doctor to a patient, the FA protocol placed an obligation upon them to ensure that the claimant and his parents were made aware of any risk that the claimant faced.

By ignoring the facets, Bonati said that Woods» doctors ensured their patient will «be in pain and he is going to be very dissatisfied with the surgery and he is not going to be able to perform and his quality of playing [will] suffer.»

«Being prepared for a medical visit and knowing what questions to ask your doctor allows patients to be more hands - on in their recovery process, increasing their chances of overcoming injury,» said Dr. Montgomery.

«I've begun hearing about doctors around the country who are medicating their patients with nature in order to prevent or treat health problems ranging from heart disease to attention deficit disorder,» says Daphne Miller, MD, family physician and associate clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco.

My doctor said they see more placental problems in IVF patients and that was reason enough for me.

You may advocate and explain a very specific, ultra-safe version of co-sleeping to your patient, but all the extra safety measures are lost when your patient tells their friend simply «our doctor says co-sleeping is fine!»

Having said that, great doctors welcome patients who are proactive about their lifestyle choices, and who seek more than «absence of disease»... who insist on vibrant health.

But to me this sounds like a patient coming in with a broken toe and the doctor saying «Let's amputate the foot.»

I think what you're saying is that doctors (and other practitioners) don't always take the time to answer patient questions, or don't answer them very well, and this can lead to patients who are frustrated or mistrustful.

Instead of saying «yes» and agreeing to everything (and then doing my own thing behind their backs) I've now found my voice in medical situations and can speak to doctors as an empowered and informed patient.

«There needs to be trust and confidentiality between doctors and patients but health workers can no longer say «don't worry, this is confidential».

Critics say it will amount to a «domestic gag rule» — prohibiting health care providers from mentioning abortion and building a wall between doctor and patient.

«With over eighty percent of New Yorkers saying that doctors over-prescribing opioids and allowing patients access to too many pain pills are at least somewhat responsible for the current level of opioid abuse, it is concerning, but not surprising, that among those that were prescribed, a quarter admit that they were given too many pills and nearly two - thirds didn't take the entire prescription.

Margaret Hodge, a senior Labour MP, said the Bill provided «clarity and certainty for patients and doctors at the point of treatment, and enable doctors to innovate confidently».

«We strongly believe that the decision about the mode of administration of any medication should be left up to doctor and their patients,» he said.

McKinley and Aniello Rega were among dozens of mesothelioma patients sent to Silver by Columbia University cancer doctor Robert Taub in exchange for $ 500,000 in taxpayer - funded research grants, prosecutors say.

Companies like his can help, he said, but the state needs to take the lead in persuading more doctors to enroll in the program, which advocates say can offer patients more effective, cheaper and less addictive alternatives than opioids.

«Since launching the program, the Department has worked closely with doctors, patients and registered organizations to gather information relevant to strengthening the program in anticipation of the required two - year report,» Zcuker said.

More than 2,000 doctors referred their pain cases to Dr. Eugene J. Gosy, and other pain specialists in the region don't have the capacity to take on the indicted doctor's 8,000 to 10,000 active patients, Gosy's lawyers said.

Laurence Buckman, chairman of the British Medical Association's GPs committee, said: «It is a fact that patients are annoyed when they can not see their normal doctor and I think this is more likely to make them complain about the care they receive.

Hundreds of overdose victims in Erie County are dead because major pharmaceutical companies misled doctors and patients into believing that highly addictive, prescription painkillers were safe, said Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, who is suing the companies in state Supreme Court.

Mischa Sogut, a spokesman for Gottfried, said the guidelines for how seriously ill a patient must be and what hoops the doctor must go through to prescribe the non-smokable marijuana will be developed through a regulatory process led by the state health commissioner.

«It's more important that legislation like ours that just passed that doctors have the ability and the opportunity without risk of someone looking over their shoulder to make the best decisions possible for their patients,» says Barrett.

Hundreds of overdose victims in Erie County are dead because major pharmaceutical companies misled doctors and patients into believing that highly addictive, prescription painkillers were safe, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz said.

He also received $ 5.3 million from Weitz & Luxenberg, including $ 1.4 million salary for a no - show job and $ 3.9 million in referral fees for asbestos cases that he did not work on, scheming with prominent Manhattan doctor — who sources identified as Robert Taub — to push patients to the firm in exchange for research money, court documents say.

Schneiderman says the investigation will examine whether manufacturers misled doctors and patients about the addictive power of the drugs.

Mr Laws ridiculed a conference motion tabled by the party's health spokesman, Evan Harris, which, he said, contained «26 references to staff doctors and nurses and only one to patients, and that in the context of over-inflated patient expectations».

Very similar to what I was saying the other day about national health insurance... the medical / insurance complex is so full of bad apples that the only way to restrain them is with fewer patient visits and way fewer doctors.

He says the Coalition to Save the Children's Psychiatric Center is comprised of people of varying statuses, doctors, therapists, former patients, and Assemblyman Mickey Kearns.

The chair of the British Medical Association, Dr Mark Porter, said «The appointment of a new Health Secretary provides a fresh opportunity for doctors and government to work together to improve patient care and deal with the many challenges facing the NHS.»