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Telephone Triage

...nd phone system -- a network of phone-based health care services, calls ranging from crisis level to information-based and from telemedicine and internet based service to “POTs” -- “plain old telephone” lines. As coordinators, nurses may manage and triage calls to Poison Control, 911, Suicide Prevention,...

Sexual orientation and medicine

... schools , health, health policy, access to health care and health disparities. It also includes a timeli...bian medical students, residents, and other health care providers. The group claims to be the first LGBT medical society in the US. [2] 1981 The Gay...

Personalized medicine

...sonalized medicine ought to avert costly intensive care treatment when a disease is established. The response of payers will be influenced by the nature of the relationship they have with those whom they are paying for. Is it a long-term relationship, which is the case with nationally funded medical care...

Patient trade-off

...rather than knowledge. An individual that does not care about a certain documented side effect of treatment, even if there is no documented treatment benefit, may decide to choose the treatment so long as the theoretical possibility exists that there may be some positive treatment effects, although this h...

Pharmaconomist

...w , medical sociology , patient safety , health care , psychology , psychiatry , pedagogy , communication , information technology (IT) , bioethics , medical ethics , safety , leadership , organization , logistics , economy , quality assurance (QA) , sales and marketing . The 3-year hi...

Newborn transport

...from hospitals without the specialist, intensive care facilities they need to hospitals with neonatal intensive care and other specialist services. Neonatal transport services such as NETS utilise mobile intensive ...

Neuropsychiatry

... Freed, & Kleinman (2000) Improved patient care Further, it is agrued that this nexus will allow...sychiatry and neurology departments will see their care improved following a reuniting of the specialties. Better management model Schiffer et al (2004)...

Medicine

... field and science of medical practice and health care . For the substances known as medicines , see me...ne 3 Practice of medicine 3.1 Health care delivery systems 3.2 Health care delivery 3.3 Patient-physician-relationship 3.4 ...

Medical Laboratory Assistant

...systems as well as further upkeep on some point of care analysers — depending on the laboratory in which they are based....

Pathology

...- Hematology - Infectious disease - Intensive care medicine (Critical care medicine) - Medical genetics - Nephrology - Oncology - Pulmonology - Rheumatology Sur...

Medical procedure

...urse of action intended to achieve a result in the care of patients, used by medical or paramedical person...tment Fluid replacement therapy Palliative care Hyperbaric oxygen therapy Oxygen therapy Gene therapy Enzyme replacement therapy Intr...

Healthy People 2010

...e one lives, immunization , and access to health care . Healthy People 2010's two overarching goals are to increase the quality and length of life and to eliminate health disparities. The campaign identifies 6 major factors that contribute to disparities in the health of Americans. gender race or eth...

Health Services Research

...ss to health care, the quality and cost of health care , and quantity and quality of life . 1 Studies...ine how people get access to health care, how much care costs, and what happens to patients as a result of this care. The main goals of health services re...

Doctor-patient relationship

...sing optimal treatment plans. In fact, many health care professionals and patients claim that this trust a...e boundaries crossed, which can compromise patient care and potentially lead to fatal consequences. [1] With increasing access to computers and publishe...

Computers in Medicine and Health Care

...ters used in medicine, uses of computers in health care and importance of computers in medicine fields. The influence of computers is universal. Computers are used in applications ranging from running a farm, diagnosing a disease, and designing to constructing and launching a space vehicle. Because the de...

American Dietetic Association

..., supervised, and apprenticed program at a health care facility, community agency, or food service organization. Pass a Commission on Dietetic Registration-administered national examination. Maintain registration by completing continuing professional educational requirements. Approximately 75 percen...

Acute care

Acute care refers to necessary treatment of a disease for ...ere episode of illness. Many hospitals are acute care facilities with the goal of discharging the patient as soon as the patient is deemed healthy and sta...