Sentences with phrase «to improve outcomes for patients»

The medical community has begun to catch on to the benefits of health coaching, and a growing body of research indicates that health coaching can significantly improve outcomes for patients with chronic diseases.
Raising cultural awareness among researchers and clinicians is essential to developing patient - centered interventions that reduce health disparities and improve outcomes for all patients with brain injury.
«These early trials can result in improved outcomes for patients, even among people whose disease is resistant to standard treatments, by selecting patients who will respond best using a personalized approach from the start.»
Fitbit also states that the acquisition should help to not only improve the outcomes for patients who utilize a health coach for their healthcare needs, but also help bring the cost of healthcare down.
These interventions include nutrition, culinary techniques, physical activity, and stress management approaches of therapeutic yoga and behavioral health coaching to improve outcomes for patients at risk and those who already have common chronic diseases.
From its foundation in 1950, the Renal Association has been active in promoting and disseminating research that may ultimately improve outcomes for patients with kidney disease.
Adding rituximab to MBVP induction chemotherapy does not improve outcomes for patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma.
The first results from the European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study showed that treatment with a compound called alteplase between three and four and a half hours after the onset of stroke improves the outcome for patients.
It not only offers new hope that we can prevent graft - versus - host disease upfront, but that we can also significantly improve outcomes for patients requiring high - risk transplants.»
«This suggests that altering transplantation dose could be a tool for improving outcomes for patients — promoting bone marrow engraftment, reducing the risk of infection and ultimately saving lives.»
The goals of our program are to promote rational use of antimicrobials and to improve outcomes for patients through optimizing antimicrobial use with regard to spectra of activity, application, dosage and duration, and through minimizing adverse effects, drug - drug interactions and costs.
Genetic testing could be used to predict clopidogrel efficacy in individual cats with heart disease and facilitate personalized medicine decisions to help improve outcomes for these patients.
Dr. Lin is a research fellow at Rescu — a program based at St. Michael's that focuses on developing processes and interventions to improve outcomes for patients who suffer life - threatening trauma and cardiac emergencies outside of hospitals.
Nevertheless, healthy lifestyle modifications are possible with appropriate interventions, which include nutritional counseling, exercise training, and stress management techniques to improve outcomes for patients at risk and those who already have common chronic diseases.
At Houston Methodist we are committed to supporting or Pharmacy team and providing valuable educational activities to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians that will advance their baseline knowledge, core competencies, and teaching abilities, ultimately improving outcomes for our patients.
Using case - studies, experienced Functional Medicine educators show learners how to apply IFM's easy - to - use tools to improve outcomes for patients with chronic disease.
Specialist diabetes inpatient teams can improve outcomes for patients and generate savings that substantially outweigh the cost of such teams.
Now, testing of that compound is leading to a better prognosis for mice with the disease and the possibility of potential drugs that will improve outcomes for patients with SMA.
«Here, we show that the BRAF inhibitors induce autophagy as a way to escape cell death, which gives us clues on how to interfere with this mechanism of resistance and improve outcomes for these patients
«The approval of the ALK - targeted therapeutic crizotinib has improved outcomes for patients with ALK - rearranged NSCLC, but the duration of responses varies widely, from a few months to several years,» she said.
A large study of 108,711 patients who had cardiac surgery in Ontario, Canada, sought to identify risk factors for long - term stroke after surgery to improve outcomes for patients.
Professor Pincus and her team are now planning a larger clinical trial to explore whether the combination of physiotherapy and psychology will improve outcomes for patients and reduce treatment costs in the long term.
Intravenous thrombolytic therapy with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) can improve outcomes for patients with ischemic stroke treated within 4 1/2 hours of the onset of symptoms.
The five year disease - free and overall survival rates for patients with high - risk malignant germ cell tumours remains less than 50 %, and so accurate diagnosis and monitoring is crucial to improving outcomes for patients.
«This promising clinical trial is the next step in a series of trials to identify new drugs that are fundamentally shifting the horizon — improving the outcome for patients with advanced differentiated thyroid cancer.»
«While we suspect that genetics can be used as the basis of targeted treatments, this point will only be proven through extensive research and clinical studies, hopefully leading to improved outcomes for patients,» said senior author Dr. Erik Knudsen, Professor of Pathology, and member of the Simmons Cancer Center who holds the Dr. Charles T. Ashworth Professorship in Pathology.
We are excited to bring advanced technology to improve outcomes for our patients
«Trying to improve the outcome for these patients is clearly imperative, and it is important to re-evaluate practices for which there is a lack of evidence and potential for harm.
This presents us with an opportunity to identify «best practices» at hospitals with low rates of maternal complications in order to improve outcomes for patients in all hospitals,» said lead author Laurent G. Glance, M.D., health outcomes researcher and vice-chair for research in Anesthesiology at the University of Rochester.
As we gain more specific knowledge about what these changes in perception are, we will be able to improve outcomes for our patients,» Reilly concludes.
Welm thinks the drug might work well in combination with existing drug therapies to improve outcomes for patients, especially those whose disease is resistant to current treatments.
Although the study was not designed to show whether «helistroke service» would improve outcomes for patients, previous research has amply demonstrated that stroke victims do best when they are treated as quickly as possible — ideally in 100 minutes or less.
«We encourage clinical trial participation in the hopes that we will improve the outcome for our patients with gynecologic malignancies.»
«This approach has the potential to augment the currently available cancer treatments to improve outcomes for the patient
Police forces can handle them better than security guards can, and research has not yet shown that arming hospital guards consistently saves lives or improves outcomes for patients.
With an intent to improve outcomes for these patients, Dr. Pace is pioneering new and effective treatments through high - impact clinical trials.
Among other applications, its innovative technological platform enables identifying and analyzing the genetic diversity of B cells to convert them into polyclonal recombinant antibodies (biotherapeutics) that improve outcomes for patients with severe diseases.
Our mission is to use our technology to create a new generation of therapeutics which can improve outcomes for patients and, in the process, build shareholder value.
Our mission is to continue to build Silence as a global leader in the field of RNAi therapeutics, where our technology can create a new generation of approaches to address unmet medical need and improve outcomes for patients.
Ongoing advances in stem cell transplant are expanding its availability and improving outcomes for patients, young and old.
Cancer therapies that target a specific protein have improved outcomes for patients.
The FDA has approved the use of this technology in the U.S. noting its safety and ability to improve outcomes for patients with early stage bladder cancer.
«Five minutes going through a brochure could change the behaviour of a doctor and improve the outcome for a patient,» he says.
There are also opportunities in case management, improving outcomes for patients with chronic illnesses, especially for some cancer patients who experience recurring bouts of their illness or who experience after affects from treatment.
MTM describes a broad range of healthcare services provided by a pharmacist as part of the larger healthcare team, with the goals of optimizing drug therapy and improving outcomes for patients, with the optimal outcome being the absence of a drug - related problem.
The success of TrueBlue demonstrated that practice nurse - managed collaborative care is effective, acceptable and safe in routine general practice in Australia and could lead to improved outcomes for patients with depression and other chronic diseases.
We founded the Schema Therapy Institute, London in 2009 to provide training and supervision in Schema Therapy, collaborating with other Schema Therapy Institutes, internationally to increase the effectiveness of therapeutic practice and improve outcomes for patients with personality disorders.»
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