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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network Health Advisory about an outbreak of suspected fungal meningitis among U.S. patients hospitalized in Texas after undergoing cosmetic procedures under epidural anesthesia in the city of Matamoros, state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. (cdc.gov)

The report is the result of yearlong collaboration between the center, the state Department of Public Health, the Massachusetts Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons, the Massachusetts Society of Anesthesiologists and trade associations for ambulatory surgery centers and hospitals. (wwlp.com)
Montefiore Medical Center, the University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine , has three full-service acute care hospitals located in the Bronx. (montefiore.org)
TORONTO , Oct. 26, 2017 /CNW/ - The Central Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), in collaboration with Humber River Hospital, North York General Hospital, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Mackenzie Health and Markham Stouffville Hospital, announced today the opening of the new Reactivation Care Centre - A Central LHIN Hospitals Collaborative at the former Humber River Hospital Finch site, located at 2111 Finch Avenue West. (newswire.ca)
As outlined in the Government's October 23, 2017 announcement to improve access to care and reduce wait times in hospitals, the Reactivation Care Centre will add 150 new hospital beds to the Central LHIN and will improve access to care for patients and families and reduce wait times in the Central LHIN region. (newswire.ca)
The Reactivation Care Centre will welcome patients from five Central LHIN hospitals - Humber River Hospital, North York General Hospital, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Mackenzie Health and Markham Stouffville Hospital. (newswire.ca)
The Patient Logistics Center (PLC) at Broward Health is available to coordinate all transfers and direct admits within our network of hospitals. (browardhealth.org)
We collaborate with the appropriate physicians or transfer centers of external hospitals for transfers leaving the Health System. (mountsinai.org)

The Lyda Hill Cancer Prevention Center provides cancer risk assessment, screening and diagnostic services. (mdanderson.org)
Your gift will help support our mission to end cancer and make a difference in the lives of our patients. (mdanderson.org)
Change the lives of cancer patients by giving your time and talent. (mdanderson.org)
Advisory: Give yourself extra time when travelling by car to Toronto General Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, or Toronto Rehab University Centre. (uhn.ca)
The Your Voice Matters survey is used in cancer centres across Ontario to help understand what is most important to you about the care you receive. (uhn.ca)
Unique to the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, the survey also includes an open text box where you can share your own ideas on how to improve the care experience. (uhn.ca)
The Cancer Quality Program will use the survey results to improve experiences for you and other patients. (uhn.ca)
At the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, there is a dedicated role, the Patient Experience Coordinator, who is available to respond to your concerns and bring feedback to the right healthcare team(s). (uhn.ca)
The center is named for Betsy Lehman, a Boston Globe health reporter who died in 1994 due to a preventable medical error when she was being treated for breast cancer. (wwlp.com)
Download our referral form, complete it and fax it to the Cancer Services Referral Center at (415) 514-8253. (ucsfhealth.org)
If you need assistance with a referral, call the Cancer Services Referral Center at (877) 827-3226. (ucsfhealth.org)
If a new treatment currently being tested at the University's Comprehensive Cancer Center proves effective, breast cancer patients' chances of relapsing could be greatly decreased. (michigandaily.com)
Anne Schott, associate professor of internal medicine at the University Medical School, is leading a clinical trial on the effects of combining standard chemotherapy with a drug called Reparixin to destroy the stem cells in patients suffering from metastatic, or advanced stage, breast cancer. (michigandaily.com)
The idea for the research was first brought up by Dr. Max Wicha, director of the University Comprehensive Cancer Center, who realized that Reparixin could hit the drug target CXCR1 for breast cancer stem cells that he had been studying. (michigandaily.com)
This is the first time it's ever been tested with chemotherapy and definitely the first time it's ever been tested in cancer patients. (michigandaily.com)
As part of its ongoing commitment to Intelligent Cancer Care, Varian combines innovation with advances in patient identification, safety, and motion tracking to offer a comprehensive patient guidance system. (varian.com)
In this article, we take a closer look at how two cancer care centers, one in the USA and the other in the Netherlands, have successfully implemented IDENTIFY to support single-fraction stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH), in order to help increase clinical confidence and improve patient safety. (varian.com)
The following videos and video series were created to provide education and information to patients, caregivers and the public about cancer. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
The Fine Print of Cancer is a video series educating patients and caregivers on topics of finances, advanced directives, hospice, caregiving, social security and more. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
Take a look inside our new outpatient facility for the Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and learn what makes Seattle Children's one of the top pediatric cancer centers in the nation (video). (seattlechildrens.org)
The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which our five sites are located throughout Victoria. (petermac.org)
As part of our Florence Winberg Education series, the Odette Cancer Centre organized an online event about ovarian cancer for patients and their families. (sunnybrook.ca)
As part of our Florence Winberg Education Series, we held an online event on Cannabis and Cancer for patients and their families. (sunnybrook.ca)
Diana (Patient as Educator), shares her lived experience with cancer and encourages patients to have open discussions with their healthcare team about vitamins and supplements. (sunnybrook.ca)
The nutrition team at the Odette Cancer Centre wanted to share some healthy and tasty recipes to help you heal and feel strong during cancer treatment. (sunnybrook.ca)
The Patient and Family Advisory Committee of the Odette Cancer program shared their self-management strategies on coping with some common cancer related symptoms. (sunnybrook.ca)
New York genitourinary oncologist Jahan Aghalar, MD, left Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2019 for a nearby community practice with locations spread across the New York metropolitan area. (medscape.com)
The vast majority of cancers can be treated in a community oncology practice and thousands of them have been doing that very well, at high quality and much lower cost to patients and the cancer care system. (medscape.com)
But as cancer therapy has advanced, many patients can get quality care closer to home, which means "they can pick up their kids from soccer practice, they can sit at the dinner table with their families, they can sleep next to their spouses. (medscape.com)
Many community oncology practices are doing well because they can offer patients quality cancer care at significantly lower costs - and, in some cases, may even provide higher salaries, experts said. (medscape.com)
Georgia oncologist Miriam Atkins, MD, joined a community oncology practice in Augusta 22 years ago, after 7 years at a large academic-military cancer center in San Antonio, because she craved more "control over my own destiny. (medscape.com)
A 2018 analysis found, for instance, that the average monthly per-patient cancer cost at a community-based clinic is $12,548 vs $20,060 at a hospital-based outpatient practice. (medscape.com)
It's very real savings, and the trend is we're going to see more of this type of care," said Ferreyros, noting non-hospital-affiliated community oncology centers now deliver more than half of cancer care in the United States. (medscape.com)
Telemedicine Adoption in an NCI-Designated Cancer Center During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Report on Patient Experience of Care. (bvsalud.org)
Patients with cancer require timely access to care so that healthcare providers can prepare an optimal treatment plan with significant implications for quality of life and mortality . (bvsalud.org)
We assessed overall patient experience of care with telemedicine at an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center during the COVID-19 pandemic and examined changes in patient experience over time . (bvsalud.org)
This was a retrospective study of outpatient oncology patients who received treatment at Moffitt Cancer Center. (bvsalud.org)

Survey results are from patients who had appointments in our outpatient clinics. (mdanderson.org)
Interoperability of patient records will also further SJMC's partnerships with area clinics and health centers, contributing to enhanced continuity of care for their mutual patients. (prweb.com)
Since Varian's release of the latest version of IDENTIFY earlier this year, a number of clinics in the USA and Europe have adopted the system for patient identification and setup, accessory positioning, and motion monitoring. (varian.com)
Affected patients underwent procedures in at least two clinics in Matamoros, Mexico, including River Side Surgical Center and Clinica K-3. (cdc.gov)

As more and more research indicated improved patient outcomes and minimal cognitive impairment from brain SRS treatments compared to regular radiotherapy, we decided to offer our patients this type of treatment closer to home," says Dr. Calvin McAllister, radiation oncologist with Intermountain Radiation Oncology. (varian.com)
She served on the Patient Council Committee at the Norwalk Hospital and is a member of the Oncology Nursing Society. (themmrf.org)
Prior to Mount Sinai, she worked as an oncology nurse at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in New Jersey. (themmrf.org)
The personal touch that community centers provide is the most critical factor in the survival of these practices, according to Susan Sabo-Wagner, MSN, RN, OCN, executive director of clinical strategy for Houston's Oncology Consultants, a community-based practice with 15 offices spread across Texas. (medscape.com)
The COVID-19 pandemic spurred rapid adoption of telemedicine in oncology, but study of patient experience of care with telemedicine in this population has been limited. (bvsalud.org)
In this study, a large oncology dataset showed that telemedicine resulted in better patient experience of care in terms of access and care provider concern compared with in- person visits. (bvsalud.org)

SJMC's membership in the health information exchange underscores the hospital's commitment to patient safety and excellent patient outcomes. (prweb.com)
SJMC obstetricians have LCH prenatal PHI when patients present in the ED, and LCH physicians gain immediate feedback about the health outcomes of the mother and baby, including statistics such as birth weight. (prweb.com)
While BMC prides itself on providing safe and quality care, we know there is always room for improvement, and that improving quality and patient safety depends on regular measurement and tracking outcomes. (bmc.org)
The game-changing healthcare device allows the hospital to monitor more patients, at a lower cost, with better outcomes-while also providing patients' families greater peace of mind that their loved ones are safe. (intel.de)
To do this, participating centers collect standardized data during all clinic visits, monitor individual and overall performance, compare outcomes, and share the best evidence and tools for helping patients with IBD get better faster, and stay well longer. (stanford.edu)
By employing an "all teach, all learn" collaborative approach to medicine, we encourage new ideas and best practices to be identified and introduced into the care delivery process much faster-improving care and outcomes for our patients now. (stanford.edu)
Evidence shows that patient engagement reduces health care errors and costs, and improves health outcomes, health care delivery, quality of care and life. (who.int)
In addition, the data may be used to examine patient outcomes in the context of population trends (19). (cdc.gov)

The Stanford Medicine Children's Health Center for IBD and Celiac Disease comprises a group of pediatric gastroenterologists and health care specialists focused on delivering the highest quality care for children. (stanford.edu)
Currently, we care for more than 700 pediatric IBD & Celiac patients from the Bay area, including Northern and Central Valley California, and surrounding states. (stanford.edu)
Once a bed is secured, Transfer Center will arrange ambulance transportation, including specialized advanced cardiac support levels, for adult and pediatric patients. (mountsinai.org)

Our personalized portal helps you refer your patients and communicate with their MD Anderson care team. (mdanderson.org)
Our patients deserve the safest, highest quality and compassionate care. (mdanderson.org)
We share our patient satisfaction data so patients and families have an accurate picture of our care. (mdanderson.org)
Based on feedback from patients and families, we are working to improve access to our care and reduce wait times, among other efforts. (mdanderson.org)
SJMC receives numerous referrals and transfers from community partners in any given week and patients often arrive without care summaries from their previous provider. (prweb.com)
SJMC's CEO Mark Bernard shared the importance of access to a patient's longitudinal health record, "St. Joseph works to maintain a tradition of quality patient care, serving Houstonians for over 125 years. (prweb.com)
The Patient Simulation Center uses a breakthrough, multidisciplinary approach, bringing students from a variety of fields-say, nursing, respiratory care and occupational therapy-together for collaborative learning. (gannon.edu)
delivering high-quality patient care, as part of the Neuroscience Mission of the McGill University Health Centre. (mcgill.ca)
Boston Medical Center is committed to empowering all patients to thrive, through our innovative and equitable care. (bmc.org)
Whether you're a current employee or looking to refer a patient, we have the tools and resources you need to help you care for patients effectively and efficiently. (bmc.org)
At Boston Medical Center, research efforts are imperative in allowing us to provide our patients with quality care. (bmc.org)
Boston Medical Center (BMC) is a 514-bed academic medical center located in Boston's historic South End, providing medical care for infants, children, teens and adults. (bmc.org)
At BMC, our commitment to exceptional care includes a commitment to high quality of care and patient safety. (bmc.org)
The goal is to ensure that all patients receive the best care possible for their condition and have equal access to evidence-based treatments, therapies, and medical care. (bmc.org)
Keeping patients safe by preventing harm that can occur while receiving medical care. (bmc.org)
Providing high-quality and safe care means not only avoiding harm for patients, but also providing care in a timely way, using only evidence-based care, and ensuring that care is respectful and responsive to a patient's needs and preferences. (bmc.org)
Therefore, everyone at BMC is empowered to bring their unique experience, skills and insight to improve care and prevent patient harm through each interaction on a daily basis. (bmc.org)
Our goal is that once a patient is discharged from a hospital stay, they will have a plan of care and any needed outpatient services that will help ensure they will not need to return to the hospital within a month for an unplanned visit. (bmc.org)
The scope of research and complexity of cases at UHN has made us a national and international source for discovery, education and patient care. (uhn.ca)
Knowing what matters to you is integral to providing high-quality patient care. (uhn.ca)
Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI) recognizes that patients have inherent rights and responsibilities as they relate to their health care. (unmc.edu)
Patients and their families also have responsibilities while under the care of MMI to ensure safe, high-quality health care for themselves and others. (unmc.edu)
Patients shall be reasonably informed by their providers so that they can participate in their care. (unmc.edu)
The Betsy Lehman Center is a non-regulatory state agency that works to improve safety in health care. (wwlp.com)
We also will be evaluating this initiative to understand how it can be repurposed to support meaningful, measurable change in other areas of health care - with the ultimate goal of eliminating preventable patient harm in Massachusetts," the report said. (wwlp.com)
The goal of The Fetal Center at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital is to ensure you and your baby receive the most comprehensive, state-of-the-art care. (memorialhermann.org)
When you contact The Fetal Center, you will be in touch with a dedicated coordinator who will walk you through the process step-by-step and help you to understand every aspect of your care. (memorialhermann.org)
When it comes to patient care, experience is everything. (wvu.edu)
With the West Virginia Simulation Training and Education for Patient Safety center, our students are learning life-saving procedures, developing interprofessional communication skills, and using new technologies, before they get into patient care environments. (wvu.edu)
WV STEPS is a premier simulation center that provides experiential learning to health care professionals to improve their skills. (wvu.edu)
Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are learned and mastered to improve patient care. (wvu.edu)
Each year in the US, avoidable patient falls number in the hundreds of thousands, with 30 to 50 percent resulting in new injuries and subsequent care issues for the patient involved. (intel.de)
Faced with the ongoing patient care and cost challenge, Truman Medical Centers and University Health (TMC/UH) came to Cerner , a long-standing and trusted collaborator, with a request: help them incorporate the solution and streamline clinical workflows to address their concerns around patient safety and cost challenges. (intel.de)
I am excited to bring my passion for clinical care, clinical research, and quality improvement to our patients and families seen in the Center. (stanford.edu)
Our center is part of the ImproveCareNow network, a collaborative effort between care providers, researchers, patients and families that seeks to improve standard of care while lowering costs. (stanford.edu)
ICN is a collaborative community where patients, parents, clinicians, and researchers work together to improve the health and care of children and youth with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (also known as Inflammatory Bowel Disease or IBD). (stanford.edu)
We are always available to answer questions and support your care of your patients. (seattlechildrens.org)
Patient units are organized by medical specialties and are equipped for your medical care, comfort and safety. (montefiore.org)
The newly renovated Reactivation Care Centre will provide specialized care for those transitioning out of hospital and will offer numerous benefits for patients and families, including specialized activation therapies in a setting designed to focus on the needs of the patient and support transition to home or long-term care. (newswire.ca)
It will act as a hub of specialized care focused on optimizing the patients' strengths and abilities outside the acute care setting. (newswire.ca)
Humber River Hospital is proud to work collaboratively with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and our partners in the Central LHIN to lead the development of this innovative solution to better meet the needs of our patients. (newswire.ca)
Refurbishing our former Finch Avenue site and developing a reactivation care program focused on transitioning patients out of an acute hospital setting provides a patient centered approach to care. (newswire.ca)
This solution will help to reduce wait times in the acute care facilities, ensuring the best care in the most appropriate settings for all of our patients. (newswire.ca)
Our new unit in the Reactivation Care Centre, a Central LHIN Hospital Collaborative at the Finch site, will enable our Alternate Level of Care patients to continue to receive high quality care focused on addressing their specific needs. (newswire.ca)
As always, our priority is to provide exceptional health care to our diverse communities and create the best patient- and family-care experience. (newswire.ca)
The opening of the Southlake Restorative Care Unit and the addition of 30 dedicated beds will enable us to provide patients with specialized care that will optimize their strengths and abilities in a new, welcoming space. (newswire.ca)
Patients will receive restorative care, seven days a week from a consistent, dedicated healthcare team. (newswire.ca)
This means ensuring all our patients receive the highest level of quality care that best meets their clinical needs in the most appropriate care setting. (newswire.ca)
Our team of clinicians, at the newly opened Reactivation Care Centre will focus on delivering restorative care in an environment that is more appropriate than an acute care hospital and feature enhanced transitional and complementary therapy services. (newswire.ca)
Health care reimbursement and quality reporting systems should take steps to better encourage and support effective patient education interventions. (cdc.gov)
Although the classes were effective, current policies around health insurance reimbursement and federal quality reporting standards hamper the ability of health care providers to implement such patient education initiatives. (cdc.gov)
These include self-management education to give patients the skills to self-monitor their BP and improve modifiable risk factors such as diet and exercise (7,8), group-based education where patients can learn from peer experiences (8), and more effective medication management through regular contact with health care providers (9,10). (cdc.gov)
Patient care is complex and there are competing schools of thought to consider. (phrma.org)
Critics coin clinical pathways as a "cookie-cutter" approach that can hinder the personalization of patient care, and supporters consider them an important tool to reduce errors and cost, while increasing quality and efficiency. (phrma.org)
This [super user] model is very important in helping to change practice and behavior," said Diane Gillis, Director of Professional Development for Patient Care Services. (tuftsmedicalcenter.org)
Prior to the University of Miami, she worked as a patient navigator with Cardinal Health to help patients close the gaps between their care and treatment. (themmrf.org)
After centuries of physicians believing that they know what is best for patients, this paternalistic approach to patient care is being challenged. (nih.gov)
The explosion in readily accessible information has resulted in patients being empowered to take on a greater role in decision making, from clinical care to regulatory decision making. (nih.gov)
Health care professionals both within and outside of the Mount Sinai Health System can call 800-TO-SINAI (800-867-4624) at any time, and clinical staff will be available to coordinate the transfer of your patient. (mountsinai.org)
If a patient or family member wants to request a transfer to a Mount Sinai hospital, please speak with your health care team. (mountsinai.org)
September 2023, Egypt - This year, World Patient Safety Day 2023 is being celebrated around the theme "Engaging patients for patient safety", in recognition of the central role that patients, their families and caregivers play in advancing safe care, reducing harm and preventing avoidable deaths. (who.int)
With the slogan "Elevate the voice of patients", World Patient Safety Day focuses on patient engagement in health care as a key strategy for delivering people-centred health services, reducing the burden of avoidable harm, strengthening health systems, enhancing health workers' performance, reducing health care costs, and improving patient satisfaction, quality of life and health outcomes. (who.int)
Patient harm due to unsafe care is a large and growing global public health challenge, and one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. (who.int)
Globally, around one in 10 patients are harmed due to unsafe health care. (who.int)
Every year, large numbers of patients are harmed or die because of unsafe health care, especially in low- and middle-income countries, including in countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. (who.int)
The fourth strategic objective of the "Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030" states that "Engage and empower patients and families to help and support the journey to safer health care" and the Patients for Patient Safety Programme. (who.int)
Our endeavours have encompassed the development of both the Patient Safety Hospital and Primary Care Frameworks. (who.int)
On the occasion of World Patient Safety Day 2023, WHO calls on all stakeholders to take necessary actions to ensure that patients are involved in policy formulation, are represented in governance structures, are engaged in co-designing safety strategies, and are active partners in their own care. (who.int)
University Hospital Zurich, a 900-bed tertiary care center, implemented intensified standard precaution measures during the COVID-19 pandemic ( Appendix ). (cdc.gov)
6 hours in an intermediate care unit (IMC) or intensive care unit (ICU) ( 1 ), any time on the general ward, or when the index patient underwent an aerosol-generating procedure ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
However, to our knowledge, no studies measure these associations among a patient population in a primary care setting. (cdc.gov)
Primary care providers (PCPs) can reduce the number of preventable cardiovascular-related deaths by discussing health-related lifestyle behaviors and promoting behavior change with their patients (16). (cdc.gov)
Correspondingly, primary care centers that incorporate patient-reported health behaviors such as SSB consumption into their electronic health record (EHR) systems can share this information with public health agencies and help them coordinate health promotion among patients and other populations (17,18). (cdc.gov)
To understand the meanings of psychiatric hospitalization for the patients of a Psychosocial Care Center. (bvsalud.org)
The scenario was a Psychosocial Care Center in the south of Brazil, from January to March 2010. (bvsalud.org)
Another factor that may make community practices more attractive for patients and employers providing health coverage: The costs of care are often significantly lower compared with larger institutions. (medscape.com)
Due to the lack of specialists in rural areas, primary care physicians are expected to perform a greater number of procedures on a larger mix of patients. (wikipedia.org)
President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) on March 23, 2010. (wikipedia.org)
Relative to patients with in- person visits, more patients with telemedicine visits gave higher satisfaction ratings for access (62.5% vs 75.8%, respectively) and care provider concern (84.2% vs 90.7%, respectively) (P (bvsalud.org)
Patient experience of care with telemedicine visits did not change over time , suggesting that implementing telemedicine was effective. (bvsalud.org)

0.05) in normotensive controls compared to hypertensive patients (31.4±8 vs 23.9±6 mg/dl). (bvsalud.org)

The final cohort included 280,041 adults who were wait-listed for kidney transplantation and for whom at least one allograft offer had been received by the transplant center during the 8-year study interval. (medscape.com)

This study presents results from the implementation of group-based hypertension self-management classes among patients of a federally qualified health center and identifies policy barriers to providing patient education resources. (cdc.gov)
Lincoln Community Health Center, our urban Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), aimed to use hypertension self-management classes to improve hypertension control among our clinic patients, particularly Black men. (cdc.gov)
Nationally, hypertension is controlled among 67.3% of hypertensive White Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) patients and 67.1% of hypertensive Hispanic FQHC patients compared with only 57.0% of hypertensive Black FQHC patients (2). (cdc.gov)
This study examined the relationships between SSB consumption and demographic, health behavior, health service, and health condition characteristics of adult patients of a network of federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in a low-income, urban setting. (cdc.gov)
The primary objective of this study was to examine the relationships between SSB consumption and demographic, health behavior, health service, and health condition characteristic variables of adult patients served by a network of hospital-affiliated federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in a low-income urban setting. (cdc.gov)

The goal of our center is to provide expertise in the diagnosis and management of IBD & Celiac Disease. (stanford.edu)
These new insights may help find a diagnosis for patients who have been searching for answers for much too long. (genomeweb.com)
You can talk to a patient navigator about your diagnosis, discuss options for doctors you could see, talk through testing, find clinical trials, and get a perspective on treatment options. (themmrf.org)

In 2010, a multistakeholder effort entitled Bronx CATCH (Collective Action to Transform Community Health), and led by Montefiore Medical Center (MMC), the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), and the Bronx Community Health Network, was established to improve the health of patients and communities (20). (cdc.gov)

During the second and third waves of COVID-19 in Switzerland, an increasing number of patients with presymptomatic or asymptomatic COVID-19 exposed hospital roommates to SARS-CoV-2. (cdc.gov)

And, don't be reluctant to look at all possibilities for reducing your medication costs-including those from drug companies, community health centers, local social service programs or charitable programs. (rxassist.org)
HOUSTON, TEXAS (PRWEB) May 31, 2016 -- St. Joseph Medical Center (SJMC) announced that it is live in Greater Houston Healthconnect's (Healthconnect) regional health information exchange, which enables physicians at SJMC's two hospital campuses, downtown and in the Heights, to access prior medical records for their patients from other participating organizations in the exchange. (prweb.com)
The health information exchange gives us an opportunity to enhance our commitment to quality by having a more complete view of our patients' medical histories when they arrive. (prweb.com)
Long-time Healthconnect participant Legacy Community Health (LCH) refers numerous obstetrical patients to SJMC each month for delivery. (prweb.com)
St. Joseph Medical Center is the second hospital within the IASIS Healthcare system to go live in the 23 county health information exchange. (prweb.com)
The Patient Simulation Center of the Morosky College of Health Professions and Sciences is the largest comprehensive patient simulation center in the region. (gannon.edu)
The future of training in the health professions is waiting for you at Gannon University's Patient Simulation Center today. (gannon.edu)
University Health Network has grown to be one of the largest research and teaching hospital networks in Canada - pioneers in improving the lives of patients. (uhn.ca)
You can access information in your medical record through the One Chart Patient Portal online or by contacting Health Information and Management at 402-559-4024 . (unmc.edu)
In 2015, the Department of Public Health notified the Betsy Lehman Center of an "uptick in reports of Serious Reportable Events" - preventable errors causing patient harm - associated with cataract surgery, according to the report. (wwlp.com)
Truman Medical Centers (TMC) is an academic health center providing accessible, state-of-the-art quality healthcare to their community regardless of the ability to pay. (intel.de)
1 In addition to putting patients at greater health risk, those injuries commonly add time and cost to their hospital stays. (intel.de)
This strategy consumes tens of thousands of valuable staff hours that could be spent more actively pursuing other patient health and wellness needs. (intel.de)
This training is a way to provide physicians and practice staff with tools for broaching the topic with patients," said lead study author Kevin Fiscella, M.D., M.P.H., co-director of the GR-PBRN and professor of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). (rochester.edu)
The GR-PBRN is supported by the University of Rochester CTSA award number UL1 TR002001 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health. (rochester.edu)
Lodi Health Patient Service Center provides outpatient specimen collection at convenient locations within a 50-mile radius of Lodi. (adventisthealth.org)
The Lodi Health Laboratory goal is to provide compassionate and excellent service to patients, physicians and the community. (adventisthealth.org)
As guided by the best available scientific evidence to enhance long-term health and quality-of-life, we seek to engage patients and families to participate in tailoring and maintaining a personalized therapy plan. (stanford.edu)
The Stanford Medicine Children's Health Center for IBD and Celiac Disease is a member of ImproveCareNow. (stanford.edu)
For over 18 years, Munroe Regional Medical Center (MRMC) and Ocala Regional Join Heart of Florida Health Center as a patient, a supporter or both! (addresources.org)
The team at the Broward Health Patient Logistics Center are available at any time, should questions arise during the transfer process. (browardhealth.org)
That soon changed when Stephanie received a phone call from Overlake Breast Health Center. (overlakehospital.org)
The Patient Transfer Center is operational 24/7 and offers a streamlined referral process that ensures quick and easy admission into the Mount Sinai Health System. (mountsinai.org)
External Hospital Transfers: Transfer of a patient to a hospital outside of the Health System. (mountsinai.org)
Validated, standardized self-reported health behavior questions were incorporated into the electronic health record (EHR) and asked of patients yearly, at 4 FQHCs. (cdc.gov)
Recording SSB intake and other health behaviors data in the EHR could help clinicians in identifying and counseling patients to promote health behavior changes. (cdc.gov)
Future studies should investigate how EHR data on patient health behavior can be used to improve the health of patients and communities. (cdc.gov)
2 Section 5403: amends the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) program. (wikipedia.org)
Conclusion Elderly patients with AD and PD have poor oral health, as well as those without neurodegenerative diseases. (bvsalud.org)

At least one patient has been undergoing the combination treatment for a year, which Schott said is a promising sign as they are now able to determine that Reparixin reacts safely with standard chemotherapy. (michigandaily.com)
We've certainly seen responses in this treatment but we have to be careful interpreting that because of course the patients are receiving standard chemotherapy along with an experimental drug," she said. (michigandaily.com)
The Varian IDENTIFY™ system is incorporated within the Varian technology portfolio and helps ensure that all patients gets the treatment meant for them-from patient check-in through setup and treatment. (varian.com)
The system is automated within the Varian ecosystem to integrate within the standard workflow of patient identification, CT acquisition, accessory and patient setup and treatment delivery. (varian.com)
IDENTIFY has proven an important tool in our SRS program as it provides the assurance that our daily setups are accurate and that the patients are appropriately positioned for treatment. (varian.com)
Their first project involved delivering radiotherapy treatment without masks for palliative patients. (varian.com)
Explore resources related to the Transplant Research Center and transplant treatment and patient procedures at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota. (mayo.edu)
To continue the dialogue about clinical pathways and what they mean for treatment options , we're pleased to host a guest blog from Alan Balch, chief executive officer, National Patient Advocate Foundation. (phrma.org)
Our Patient Navigation Center can offer support throughout your treatment journey. (themmrf.org)
Brittany Hartmann, RN, previously worked as a Myeloma Clinical Coordinator in a high-volume call center at the Ruttenberg Treatment Center at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. (themmrf.org)
fetal treatment centers may provide solutions to many of these. (medscape.com)

Our goal is to achieve zero harm to all patients. (bmc.org)
Released Thursday by the Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Reduction, the report calls for a "safety culture in which preventing patient harm is the top priority," along with a reassessment of anesthesia practices and standardized protocols around lenses and surgical markings. (wwlp.com)
It is now evident that harm can be reduced if patient engagement strategies and interventions are put in place," said Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean. (who.int)
Additionally, the social cost of patient harm can be valued at US$ 1 trillion to 2 trillion a year. (who.int)
Meaningful patient engagement can reduce the burden of harm by up to 15%, saving billions of dollars each year and consequently, could boost global economic growth by over 0.7% annually. (who.int)

We stratified COVID-19 sources as community-associated, healthcare-associated (definite and probable), or indeterminate according to European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control criteria ( 5 ). (cdc.gov)

Within 3 days of receiving your referral, we will contact your patient to set up an appointment. (seattlechildrens.org)

We contacted discharged patients by phone and offered testing in the outpatient clinic. (cdc.gov)

Our hospital in Marion County offers a wide range of medical treatments and as support services and resources for patients, caregivers and family members. (addresources.org)
The Patient Navigation Center is a space for multiple myeloma patients and caregivers to connect with patient navigators for support. (themmrf.org)
They can also help you find a community to connect with fellow patients, caregivers, and other experts. (themmrf.org)

Survey results are from patients who stayed in our hospital. (mdanderson.org)
To this end, Boston Medical Center has a robust quality and patient safety program that identifies our areas of strength and our areas for improvement, and uses evidence-based methods to make and sustain improvements throughout all areas of the hospital. (bmc.org)
The mortality rate looks at how many patients die in the hospital compared with the expectation of continued survival, which depends on how severe their conditions are. (bmc.org)
A Massachusetts hospital says the personal information of more than 1,700 patients has been found on thumb drives recovered from a former employee of an outside service vendor. (wamc.org)
The hospital has reported the matter to the federal government because of the number of patients involved. (wamc.org)
To contact The Fetal Center at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, please fill out the form below. (memorialhermann.org)
Located within the Texas Medical Center, The Fetal Center is affiliated with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, UT Physicians and Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital. (memorialhermann.org)
Please consider making a donation to The Fetal Center at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital. (memorialhermann.org)
The affiliated physicians from McGovern Medical School consults with patients at UT Physicians clinic with all advanced treatments provided at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital. (memorialhermann.org)
At the same time, the addition of 30 beds will help us better manage patient flow throughout the hospital, especially during the busy flu and holiday seasons. (newswire.ca)
Tufts Medical Center is the principal teaching hospital of Tufts University School of Medicine. (tuftsmedicalcenter.org)
When the condition of a medically necessary transferred patient improves so that the service capability of the receiving hospital is no longer required, the receiving hospital may transfer the patient back to the transferring hospital and the transferring hospital shall receive the patient within its service capability. (browardhealth.org)
Of 1,118 patients with COVID-19 at a university hospital in Switzerland during October 2020-June 2021, we found 83 (7.4%) had probable or definite healthcare-associated COVID-19. (cdc.gov)

The Neurosurgery Department at Tufts Medical Center in Boston is committed to providing our patients with the resources they need to feel at ease before, during and after their procedure. (tuftsmedicalcenter.org)
Tufts Medical Center is a proud member of the Tufts Medicine family. (tuftsmedicalcenter.org)

Multiple opportunities to offer dialysis patients a donor kidney when one becomes available are missed every day across the United States because transplant centers often turn down organs , new research shows. (medscape.com)
Patients also did not usually know that these offers had been made on their behalf because transplant centers generally do not discuss offers of a donor kidney that is declined with potential recipients, primarily because of time constraints, the report found. (medscape.com)
The median time between centers receiving their first donor organ offer for those next-in-line for a kidney was only 48 days after the patient had been first placed on the waiting list, the authors report. (medscape.com)
Patients who actually received a kidney transplant from a deceased donor had a median of 17 offers while on the wait list for a median of 422 days before actually receiving the transplant. (medscape.com)
As reported by centers, organ or donor quality concerns accounted for. (medscape.com)

Search our database to find current application forms and information on patient assistance programs. (rxassist.org)

We initiated droplet isolation precaution measures for exposed patients and tested them upon symptom onset or, beginning week 47 of 2020, systematically at 2, 5, and 10 days after exposure. (cdc.gov)

Learn more about managing your patients at Seattle Children's , including viewing your patient's records. (seattlechildrens.org)
Please note: Requests for transfer will be evaluated based on the patient's clinical condition, availability of resources and following all applicable patient transfer laws. (browardhealth.org)

Methods 70 patients were analyzed (between 57 to 91 years) with AD and PD, through evaluation of neurological medical records and oral clinical examination. (bvsalud.org)

The Center physicians, specialists, and counselors will always support and listen to you as well as provide the most up-to-date information to allow you and your family to make the best, informed decisions. (memorialhermann.org)
We provide a Patient Portal to better service for our patients! (keywhitman.com)
These disparities provide cause to focus interventions on improving patient education, skill-building, and self-management among minority populations, particularly Black populations. (cdc.gov)
Patient navigators can pinpoint and share resources, make useful connections and provide up-to-date information. (themmrf.org)

The Centers of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSIs) are collaborating with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to promote patient engagement and advance patient preference research. (nih.gov)

We have grouped our physicians, staff, services and resources into 10 medical programs to meet the needs of our patients and help us make the most of our resources. (uhn.ca)
Ambucor is notifying all patients affected and is offering a year of identity protection services. (wamc.org)
If you don't have a Portal Access Key (or it has been misplaced), please call 214-754-0000 and ask your friendly patient services representative for a Portal Access Key! (keywhitman.com)

Reparixin was originally designed and marketed by Dompé, a pharmaceutical company, to help transplant patients accept their new organs. (michigandaily.com)

Now that Fiscella and his colleagues have shown that training can increase the frequency of drug-cost conversations, their next step will be to see whether those conversations helped patients comply with their doctors' orders. (rochester.edu)
The findings were published online August 30 in JAMA Open by S. Ali Husain, MD, MPH, of Columbia University Medical Center in New York City, and colleagues. (medscape.com)
My income is actually higher than my colleagues that work at big centers," said Atkins, now the president of COA. (medscape.com)

Intel and Cerner collaboration leads to conception, development, and deployment of the Cerner Patient Observer. (intel.de)
Collaboration between Truman Medical Centers, Cerner, and industry partners-including Intel-led to the development of the Cerner Patient Observer (CPO). (intel.de)
What followed was a true collaboration between TMC/UH, Cerner, and industry partners-including Intel-leading to the development of the latest-generation hardware of the Cerner Patient Observer . (intel.de)

She is passionate about helping to guide myeloma patients and to further research for the myeloma community. (themmrf.org)
Like many oncologists who choose to work in the community setting, Aghalar craved the ability to spend more time with his patients and less on his commute into Manhattan. (medscape.com)
Since her move to the community setting, Atkins has enjoyed greater flexibility with scheduling patients, tailoring visit durations to the needs of each person. (medscape.com)

In addition to the surface-guided setup, positioning, and motion monitoring features in IDENTIFY, the Welcome Desk feature is proving to be a valuable tool at the clinic for checking in patients and saving time previously spent verifying patient details. (varian.com)
Treatments for our SRS, SBRT, and IMRT patients can be given with a greater sense of confidence that the patient has not moved from the imaging confirmation to the end of the final beam," says David Theel, senior physicist at the clinic. (varian.com)

Refer a patient to one of our 12 medical programs. (uhn.ca)
Refer a patient who lives outside the U.S. (ucsfhealth.org)
Use MD Link , our secure portal for for providers who regularly refer patients to UCSF. (ucsfhealth.org)
If you are unsure about whether to refer your patient, please call our clinical intake nurses at 206-987-2080 , option 1. (seattlechildrens.org)

Under the terms of the deal, GGC will use Face2Gene to analyze nearly 80,000 undiagnosed cases with the goal of generating actionable answers for these patients, identifying new syndrome-related clinical phenotypes, and making rare disease discoveries that can advance overall research. (genomeweb.com)
There, she supported myeloma patients in a variety of ways from triaging calls, to educating patients on their myeloma, labs and test results, and coordinating with research and management to implement integral changed and streamline processes for access to new treatments. (themmrf.org)
She currently supports the MMRF CureCloud study initiative to assist patients interested in enrolling, collaborates with the clinical research team, and builds trusting relationships with multiple myeloma patients to empower them to learn more about their disease. (themmrf.org)

In addition to touring the facilities and meeting your physicians and specialists, the Center encourages patients and families to learn everything about their conditions. (memorialhermann.org)
Patients attending classes learned about hypertension, were given blood pressure cuffs to use at home, and had the opportunity to speak to physicians in a group setting. (cdc.gov)
Physicians can request a patient transfer by calling 800-TO-SINAI (800-867-4624). (mountsinai.org)

For more resources, view our many Patient Support programs . (mdanderson.org)
The excess volume of patients add to providers' workloads that are already face with limited resources. (wikipedia.org)

Simulated crisis scenarios expose trainees to uncommon, high-risk conditions in the safe environment of the simulation center. (wvu.edu)

The review examined five years of data and found the most frequent serious reportable event in cataract surgery was the implantation of a lens not intended for that patient. (wwlp.com)
1 SNP difference from the index patient were excluded from the main analysis, but patients without sequencing data were included. (cdc.gov)
We conducted cross-sectional analysis of EHR data collected in 2013 from 12,214 adult patients by using logistic regression. (cdc.gov)
A total of 33,318 patients reported Press Ganey data for in- person visits, and 5,950 reported Press Ganey data for telemedicine visits. (bvsalud.org)

This study aimed to measure the fasting serum lipid profile and malondialdehyde (MDA) and determine the atherogenic index as well as the cardiovascular risk ratio among hypertensive patients in Kano, Nigeria . (bvsalud.org)
Two hundred subjects (100 hypertensive patients vs. 100 normotensive controls) were recruited for the study. (bvsalud.org)
This study demonstrated an increased occurrence of atherogenic lipid profile and oxidative stress among hypertensive patients . (bvsalud.org)

You may notice star ratings and patient comments on some physician profiles. (mdanderson.org)
This website is provided as a courtesy to those interested in Emory Healthcare and does not constitute medical advice and does not create any physician/patient relationship. (emoryhealthcare.org)

The David and Jo Ann Shaw STEPS center houses patient simulators ranging from premature babies to adults, including ultrasoundable models. (wvu.edu)
The Center uses a variety of patient simulators capable of everything from trembling and crying to bleeding or giving birth. (wvu.edu)

Coming in as the inaugural IBD Medical Director for the Center for IBD and Celiac at Stanford Children's is an honor and a privilege. (stanford.edu)

Patient experience was compared between telemedicine and in- person visits, and patient experience with telemedicine over time was described. (bvsalud.org)

This measure looks at how many patients do need to return for a second inpatient stay within 30 days. (bmc.org)
10 patients were interviewed with the guiding question: Tell me how it was for you to be admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit. (bvsalud.org)

It's not so much the patient that is being simulated as it is the clinical setting where healthcare professionals collaborate in real time using the kinds of protocols graduates will encounter in the real world. (gannon.edu)
The Center understands that this can be a very stressful and overwhelming time during your pregnancy. (memorialhermann.org)
The median time that patients had been on dialysis at the time they were listed for kidney transplantation was 1.2 years. (medscape.com)
Median follow-up was 755 days from the time patients were placed on the waiting list. (medscape.com)
When you log in for the first time, don't enter a user name or password, only select First Time Patient Portal Access below the user name and password fields and click continue. (keywhitman.com)
Now I have more time to spend with my patients. (medscape.com)

For association with SARS-CoV-2 transmission, we assessed index patient age, sex, aerosol generating procedures, and Ct values from first positive PCR test, duration of contact between an index patient and exposed patient, ward type, and pandemic week. (cdc.gov)

To ensure we deliver on this belief, we measure the patient experience in many ways, including using feedback from patients to tell us what we can do even better. (mdanderson.org)
We are committed to providing the best experience possible for our patients and visitors. (bmc.org)
Without these simulations, I would not have this valuable experience prior to working with patients as a licensed pharmacist. (wvu.edu)
Adriana Muth, Patient as Teacher, shared her lived experience with lymphedema and spoke about some lessons she has learned throughout her journey. (sunnybrook.ca)
Press Ganey surveys were used to assess patient experience. (bvsalud.org)

Interventions focused on patient education, skill-building, and self-management have been shown to be effective in combatting racial disparities in hypertension control. (cdc.gov)

All these patients received epidural anesthesia and underwent cosmetic procedures. (cdc.gov)
Healthcare providers and the public should be aware that patients who underwent medical or surgical procedures under epidural anesthesia in Matamoros, Mexico, and who have developed signs or symptoms of possible meningitis (e.g., fever, headache, stiff neck, nausea, vomiting, photophobia, altered mental status) should promptly seek evaluation by a healthcare provider and convey that medical history. (cdc.gov)

We want to practice safe lifting, for both our staff and our patients," said Clinical Instructor Carol Gorham, RN, a super user for the lifts and a member of the Patient and Family Advisory Council. (tuftsmedicalcenter.org)
Despite that, patient engagement in patient safety continues to lag in practice. (who.int)

The Transfer Center will collaborate with System Throughput to secure appropriate bed placements. (mountsinai.org)

No matter which area of the mission you support, your gift will make a lasting impact on patients and their families. (memorialhermann.org)
The faculty, staff, and patients of WVU Medicine appreciate our donors' vision and support. (wvu.edu)
If you're ever feeling overwhelmed, our patient navigators are here to lend an ear, be a grounding presence, and offer emotional support. (themmrf.org)

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