Sentences with phrase «see our patients improve»

She has a great passion to see our patients improve and heal.

I really enjoy seeing a patient improve their coping skills and thereby improve their life.

Not exact matches

And the company hopes the system can drastically improve the «diagnostic journeys» that those with rare diseases typically face: Such patients, on average, are seen by seven doctors before the correct diagnosis is made.

That's significant because doctors have been slow to prescribe the pricey therapy, waiting to see whether or not the impressive cuts in LDL cholesterol lead to improved outcomes for heart disease patients.

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.

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.

Patients will be checked in on continuously to see if the conditions in their eyes improve.

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.

One of the speakers at Veggie Fest, Dr. James Gruft, director and founder of From Pain to Wellness, LLC, and a vegetarian who is raising his 12 - year - old twins as vegetarian, says he has seen first - hand not only how healthy his children are, but how a change in diet improves his patients» nutrition while reducing their chronic pain.

Many of the epidural side effects mentioned below are not improved with low - dose or walking epidurals, because women using these techniques may still receive a substantial total dose of local anesthetic, especially when continuous infusions and / or patient - controlled boluses (single large doses) are used.34 The addition of opiate drugs in epidurals or CSEs can create further risks for the mother, such as pruritus (itching) and respiratory depression (see below).

All three MPs had personal experience seeing medical cannabis being used to improve the quality of life of Multiple Sclerosis patients.

It's to do with a shortage of doctors and the belief that doctors need to see a minimum number of patients per year to maintain / improve their skills to become consultants.

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.

They plan to make several return trips to see if they can improve the health care system, which is losing money, doctors and patients in a vicious cycle that threatens to undermine one - fifth of the economy.

«And obviously we've got a very challenging time in the health service, but on the other hand, you also see that the treatment for patients is improving the whole time.»

However Andrew Lansley, who was the health secretary behind the changes, said patient care had been improved, and patients «will continue to see the results» of the reforms.

Shared decision making (SDM) has been studied over recent decades as a method for improving provider - patient communication and partnership, with improvements seen in satisfaction, adherence and health outcomes.

Bill Bishai, Director of the K - RITH, comments: «This study is a major step forward towards finding improved tests for diagnosing TB and for determining whether the TB is improving with therapy or worsening with therapy as such would be seen when patients have resistant TB.

This was the case in the new study, published in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry — patients with major depressive disorder who were given a placebo saw their symptoms improve about three quarters as much as those given paroxetine, an antidepressant also known as Paxil.

Ten of the patients, both children and adults, saw their visual field expand, and six experienced improved visual acuity, according to the team's study, published in The Lancet.

«I encourage all psoriasis patients to see a board - certified dermatologist for treatment, which may help improve their quality of life.»

Fully 87 percent of patients whose insomnia vanished saw their depressive symptoms improve as well.

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.

«To help maintain the correct position in each save, the patients see the reflection of their hand (with the rest of the arm hidden), which improves the effect of the propioception, which is the sense that tells the body what position the muscles are in,» he adds.

«We have found that even a very brief intervention of a video showing patients how to use saline nasal irrigation can improve symptoms, help people feel they do not need to see the doctor to manage the problem, and reduce the amount of over-the-counter medication they need to use,» said Dr. Paul Little, Primary Care and Population Sciences Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.

The research team are now waiting for more mature data from the study to see whether crizotinib also improves overall survival in this patient group.

After seeing promising results in phase 1 of the Pediatric Leukemia Adoptive Therapy (PLAT - 02) trial with 93 percent of patients with relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) achieving complete initial remission, researchers at Seattle Children's are continuing their quest to improve the experimental therapy and reduce the rate of relapse, which is about 50 percent.

The trial is ongoing, and Gelfand says his team will evaluate these patients at a longer follow up to see if the effects are sustainable and if patients continue to improve.

Angiotensin II significantly improved hypotension (low blood pressure)-- increasing mean arterial pressure at 3 hours — compared with placebo; nearly 70 percent of angiotensin II - treated patients (114 of 163) saw improved blood pressure compared with 23 percent of the placebo group (37 of 158 patients).

From week 12 onwards, the FCM - treated subjects showed a significant benefit in Patient Global Assessment compared with placebo (p = 0.035 at week 12, p = 0.047 at week 24 and p < 0.001 at weeks 36 and 52), and there was a similar pattern seen in improved New York Heart Association class (p = 0.004 at week 24 and p < 0.001 at weeks 36 and 52).

«When a patient experiences acute renal failure, clinicians can see if urine output is improving or if serum creatinine is decreasing.

A new meta - analysis published online in PLOS ONE by infectious disease and epidemiology specialists from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania highlights significant gaps in hepatitis C care that will prove useful as the U.S. health care system continues to see an influx of patients with the disease because of improved screening efforts and new, promising drugs.

By the final evaluation, treated lesions were significantly improved in 75 percent of patients, and 30 percent saw full resolution in all treated lesions.

The researchers see this technology as an opportunity to increase access to eye - care services as well as to improve the ability to advise on patient care remotely.

He points to patient testimonials of how much their lives have improved from being able to see colors and make out their children's faces and navigate more easily.

A clinical benefit or improved patient outcome of three to eight months was seen in seven of the 19 patients (37 percent) who received drugs targeting this pathway.

But not only are they real, they keep improving: A new technique has the potential to help patients with retinal implants see better, indoors and out.

CHIP may be contributing to the improved lung function and nutritional status now being seen in younger patients in the United States, the researchers noted.

«There needs to be not only greater awareness and acceptance of this minority group but also improved accessibility to care for youth with gender dysphoria, to decrease the problems often seen in patients who are transgender,» she said.

Finding cancer early can improve a patient's chances for survival, but small tumors can be difficult to see with scanning techniques such as magnetic resonance...

Although this benefit has not been seen in all patients treated with immunotherapy, one of the goals of the CCIR is to improve our understanding of the immune system, especially in the context of the tumor immune microenvironment, in order to modulate immunity to optimally enhance patient outcome.

The combination improved upon the 40 % overall response rate seen for monotherapy rituximab treatment in relapsed follicular lymphoma patients.

«This is first time we are seeing a clear path toward a therapy that will improve the lives of MHE patients and their families,» says Sarah Ziegler, vice-president of the MHE Research Foundation.

Importantly we also looked for signals of efficacy and in these patients although, we can't do statistics, we saw improved visual field indices in the treated eye compared to the untreated eye.

In addition to helping patients suffering from blood diseases, we are seeing advances in using stem cells to improve the condition of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and ALS patients everyday, and Dr. Maharaj is right there at the forefront of all of it.»

Presentations included: Genetics Primer & Clinical Updates by Linford Williams, MS, LGC; Genetics and Women's Health: Seeing and Foreseeing the Ethical Challenges Ahead by Ruth Farrell, MD, MA; Preimplantation Genetic Screening and Diagnosis: What You Need to Know by Marissa Coleridge, MS, LGC; Evolution of Prenatal Genetic Screening and Testing: NIPT and Beyond by Jeff Chapa, MD, MBA; Promises and Pitfalls of Prenatal Whole Exome Sequencing by Amanda Kalan, MD; Fertility Preservation and Cancer: Survivors, Previvors, and the Newly Diagnosed by Rebecca Flyckt, MD; Improving Access to Cancer Genetics via Telegenetics by Ryan Noss, MS, LGC; Breast Cancer: Management of Moderate Penetrance Predisposition Genes by Holly Pederson, MD; Use of Hormonal and Non-hormonal Therapies in Breast Cancer Survivors and Women at High Risk for Breast / Gyn Cancers by Holly Thacker, MD; Addressing Commonly Asked Patient Questions about Genetics by Rebekah Moore, MS, LGC, Christina Rigelsky, MS, LGC and Allison Schreiber, MS, LGC; and a panel discussion on Genetic Testing Reimbursement featuring Bruce Rogen, MD, MPH and John Yao, MD, MBA, MPH, which was moderated by Daniel Sullivan, MD..

However, while imaging has improved, some of the patients have more tumor burden in the liver transplant than seen on imaging.

Senior author Dr Paul Chapman, from the Melanoma and Sarcoma Service at Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Centre, said, «We have seen many tumours shrink rapidly and, in some patients, quality of life improved dramatically.

Immunochemotherapy and rituximab maintenance have improved patient outcomes in recent years, but 20 % of patients will see disease progression within 2 years of their initial treatment, according to the data.

He sees that communications between brain cells are improved with a drug which that is soon going to be tested in HD patients.