Sentences with phrase «valued by patients»

A unique aspect of our trial is the inclusion of a range of secondary outcome measures including those highly valued by patients themselves.

Valued by patients for promoting good dental hygiene through continuous education and encouragement of preventive maintenance measures and general oral healthcare.

Positive medical experiences are highly valued by patients and have been tied to important clinical outcomes.

Respect and understanding are valued by both patient and practitioner.

Not exact matches

The second valuable use of AI, they project, will come from virtual nursing assistant applications ($ 20 billion in value)-- which, in theory, will save money by letting medical providers remotely assess a patient's symptoms and lessen the number of «unnecessary patient visits.»

«By further strengthening our independent model and creating numerous opportunities for growth, the acquisition... will deliver value for our clients, patients, providers, and shareholders.»

The Healthcare Reform Law, including The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and The Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, could have a material adverse effect on Humana's results of operations, including restricting revenue, enrollment and premium growth in certain products and market segments, restricting the company's ability to expand into new markets, increasing the company's medical and operating costs by, among other things, requiring a minimum benefit ratio on insured products, lowering the company's Medicare payment rates and increasing the company's expenses associated with a non-deductible health insurance industry fee and other assessments; the company's financial position, including the company's ability to maintain the value of its goodwill; and the company's cash flows.

«Today's announcement by Amazon, J.P. Morgan & Chase company, and Berkshire Hathaway is clear recognition that the healthcare system needs to continue to create and deliver meaningful value to payors and patients,» Express Scripts said in a statement.»

«Health ventures are adding tremendous value to the healthcare system today, creating the next generation of digital health technologies that will positively impact patient outcomes, decrease costs and increase efficiency,» says Patrick Blanshard, Founder and CEO, Sensory Technologies Inc. and member of the Innovation Partnership: Procurement by Co-Design advisory committee.

Grantham notes that, as a value investor, we are likely to be testing the patience of some clients, but given we only want clients who are patient, we are more than comfortable being tested by the market.

Say for example a patient in a remote location must undergo surgery without anesthesia, but with (for the sake of argument) the assurance that he will prevent his own death by undergoing great pains and also assuming that (for the sake of argument) he values his own life over and above any pain he may experience in this life.

As such, recognition will be valued by your employer, your supervisors and the patients in your care, and it will be an asset to your professional development.

NHS consultants are offering poor value for money, the National Audit Office (NAO) has found, with pay awards not matched by improved patient care.

By blocking the expression of a certain gene in patients, University of Montreal researchers have contributed to the demonstration of great decreases in the concentration of triglycerides in their blood, even in various severe forms of hypertriglyceridemia and regardless of the base values or the treatment the patient usually receives.

As expected based on predictive modelling, patients began to return to their baseline LDL cholesterol values by an average of 2 - 3 % per month, meaning they will be back to their starting levels by about 18 - 21 months for the two dose groups.

Closer analysis by independent biostatisticians revealed, however, that the value was calculated on the basis of a single experiment in which half the patients were already known to have ovarian cancer — a highly selected group that is the medical equivalent of a stocked pond.

«By studying the issue of variation in practice patterns, the Mohs College hopes to improve the quality and value of care we provide our patients.»

«Conducting formal readability testing, as suggested by the study authors, along with use of patient reviewers from a variety of educational and cultural backgrounds may provide important feedback to enhance the value of materials across a larger spectrum of health literacy levels.»

Alzheimer's health care costs in have been estimated at $ 178 billion per year, including the value of unpaid care for patients provided by nearly 10 million family members and friends.

For HIV patients, the further course of disease is determined by the set point because viral load values remain constant over a long period of time after this.

The authors say «We have provided the first evidence that two brief psychological therapies targeting the two leading mental health related causes of the global burden of disease, delivered by the same lay counsellor in routine primary care, to patients who had never received such therapies before, can lead to sustained improvements in health over one year, and that the investments made in providing this intervention is excellent value for money.

When a patient tested positive for AKI — determined by serum creatinine values — the provider and a pharmacist received an alert in the form of a text page informing them of the diagnosis and encouraging them to take appropriate steps.

To account for the obvious outlier in the pandemic H1N1 group (patient - EM), median values are indicated by the bar.

Among older patients with diabetes whose treatment has resulted in very low hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels or blood pressure values, only 27 percent or fewer underwent medication deintensification, a lost opportunity to reduce overtreatment, according to an article published online by JAMA Internal Medicine.

This pattern of leverage can double the value of a gift and ultimately lead to more value to patients and families struck by devastating diseases such as Huntington's.

«This agreement is a part of deCODE's ongoing strategy to unleash the value of human genetics,» said Kari Stefansson, founder and CEO of deCODE, «our research platform allows us to understand the genetic basis of disease and modifiers of clinical phenotypes in actual patient populations; by doing so, we can rapidly move from targets to patient stratification and from there to companion diagnostics.»

On 28th April 2017, Annals of Oncology published a new analysis of the drugs that were approved by the CDF between 2010 - 2016, and examines whether or not the fund was good value for money and worked for the benefit of patients and society.

Two other vignettes consider other issues raised by a 78 - year - old patient with dementia and an abnormal heart rhythm, and the value of screening tests for high cholesterol or colon cancer in a 69 - year - old patient with dementia.

To promote the clinical value of CMR in patient care and to advance imaging science by expanding CMR education globally.

It will add considerable value to the clinical samples that are generously donated by patients for research.

It is the mission of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) to improve cancer patient outcomes by advancing the science, development and application of cancer immunology and immunotherapy through our core values of interaction / integration, innovation, translation and leadership in the field.

Assay, sample and side - to - side variation were quantified by analysis of variance and presumptively incorrect decisions related to high - risk disease were determined using the result from each MRD assay, the mean MRD in the patient as the measure of the true value, and each of 3 different MRD cut - off levels which have been used for making decisions on treatment.

RECOMMENDATION 15 — Treated hypothyroid patients (receiving thyroid hormone replacement medication) who are planning pregnancy should have their dose adjusted by their provider to optimize serum TSH values to < 2.5 μIU / mL preconception.

The «wildly speculative values» of 3 to 7 grams per day referred to by Cordain came from a cohort study published in 2011 in The Journal of the American Medical Association in which sodium intake of almost twenty - nine thousand patients with established cardiovascular disease or diabetes mellitus was estimated by twenty - four - hour urinary sodium excretion.26 During the follow - up of fifty - four months, the study found that daily sodium intake below three grams and above seven grams significantly increased cardiovascular risk.

He proposes that vitamin D's toxic effect is primarily the result of higher levels leading to a deficiency of vitamin K and postulates that patients can be given higher doses of vitamin D, potentially offering greater therapeutic value, by administering vitamins A, D and K simultaneously.41 It is hoped that future studies will evaluate their interactions, in order to better treat patients, and support public health efforts, as recently proposed by the Weston A. Price Foundation to the National Institutes of Health43 as the agency considers the Strategic Nutrition Research Agenda.

The types, combinations and dosages of Bio-Identical Hormones are customized by Dr. Kimberly Ostero to fit each individual patient's symptom profile as well as their laboratory testing values.

Build loyalty with your patients by providing them proprietary exclusive formulas and grow your integrative medicine practice by securing customer loyalty and driving patient lifetime value.

Countless patients with hypothyroid symptoms are dismissed because their lab values don't fit within the narrow diagnostic criteria established by standard thyroid panels; others are given prescriptions for thyroid hormone replacement, a blanket approach that fails to address the underlying causes of hypothyroidism.

At any rate, it's important to note that this study wasn't truly controlled (they compared to some historical patient values), and was confounded by a low - fat dietary change, so we can't know how much was the diet change, the flax, or any other potential factors since it didn't have a true control group.

Many of our concierge patients are executives or small business owners who value their time and the convenience offered by Concierge membership.

Melatonin, like other hormones, can be tested for in blood, urine and saliva, but I find more value in assessing for sleep quality and quantity by taking a thorough health history while also restoring a patient's sleep hygiene and HPA axis regulation.

The professional is a person who can provide value - added elements to the patient from what they hear at a workshop that was brought by another patient.

If you doubt that, have a gander at Joseph Heller's and Norman Cousins» respective books No Laughing Matter and Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient, in both of which the respective authors report on the therapeutic value of humor.

Like I said, over 20 years it won't matter a whole lot that you modestly overpaid for an asset... but short - term pain can be real when your money could go much further by being patient and seeking the best value / quality ratio available.

Increasing valuation dispersion around the globe has opened up many great opportunities for the patient value investor, the mirror image — tumbling popularity, tumbling relative valuations, and tumbling historical returns — of the picture painted by low beta.

The Boyles philosophy is deeply rooted in value investing and is complemented by a patient, long - term mindset and investment process.

And heck, if you don't know anything about real estate (even though I think you could educate yourself by reading some well - chosen real estate investment books and spending 6 - 12 months on sites like biggerpockets.com), you can still build a collection of REIT investment assets that generate 5 - 7 % in annual income (in some years, patient investors can get 8 % or more in annual income from their REIT investments if they insist on value investing with real estate investment trusts).

Another example of optionality is cash held by a disciplined patient value investor with the temperament to not buy until Mr. Market is fearful.

The first wave triggers value buying by patient investors who anticipate better economic conditions and long - term growth.

The VMSDP, created for independent veterinarians by Purchasing Services, Inc., is a reminder and client education system guaranteed to help drive practice growth and create value through increased client visits and improved patient care.