Last month, Unison warned the issue could result in medical secretaries initiating strike action and as a result bring acute services to the brink of collapse.
The essential issue here is whether attempts at industrializing medical care will result in the broad improvements the Taylorists seem to envision, or whether the result will be the evisceration of a system that, while imperfect, has a great many extraordinary strengths, and once destroyed, will be difficult or impossible to re-establish.
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For starters, over 60% of bankruptcies filed in the US are a result of medical debt.
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In January, 1964, she was hospitalized as a result of medical complications, and relatives watched over the family.
As many as 98, 000 people die in U.S. hospitals each year as a result of medical errors, according to an Institute of Medicine report.
He noted that as a result of medical advances in recent years, the most respected Jewish scholars can live to be up to 90 years old.
If not for these programs, I would have died as my husband and I are broke as a result of medical bills not covered by these two entities.
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Ruth Berggren says that as a result, medical education is suffering in New Orleans, and many of those faculty provided much-needed mental health services that now no longer exist.
The big rise in hospital errors and infections has spurred Medicare to reconsider how it pays for services, potentially refusing to pay for procedures ordered as a result of medical error.
According to a Government Accountability Office report issued in March of this year, between 36 million and 122 million adults currently have medical conditions that could result in a health insurer restricting coverage.
Perhaps, she suggests, discussing height and weight in terms of clothing size may help parents better understand if their child is overweight or obese and at risk for serious medical problems as a result.
"It is always, always better to call the pediatrician before going to the ER for anything but life-threatening emergencies, " injuries or conditions that, if they didn't get medical attention, could result in death, says Lara Zibners, M.
Surgical procedures are the result of medical fashion and preferences, as well as need: in Tampa Bay, for example, three hospital regions in 1994-95 had similar rates of hospitalisation for stroke victims, but widely differing rates of surgery for the patients.
As he said, homes were destroyed and many were left with the need of extensive medical attention either from injury as a direct result of the fighting or because of the lack of proper medical care in general.
More passengers are flying, which means more medical emergencies onboard that can result in serious ramifications, including death.
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The first step will be to determine whether your height is normal, is delayed in progress, or is the result of a medical condition that prevents growth.
Patient navigation programs are the result of the medical community's new emphasis on patient-centered care, says Mandi Pratt, associate director of community programs at George Washington University's Cancer Institute.
That puts the body into starvation mode, which can result in serious medical conditions like osteoporosis, severe dehydration and even heart failure, according to the National Eating Disorders Association.
Blake was transferred to the old hospital ward of the Men's Central Jail Friday morning, but sheriff's department officials said the move is a common security and safety consideration for high-profile inmates, and not a result of any medical condition.
Today it is widely perceived as a medical problem, almost exclusively the result of mental or emotional instability.
As a result, many a medical practice will find itself facing financial failure, leaving our senior citizens and other Medicare recipients in a serious lurch.
He said the disorderly state of Mr Descoings' room at the time of the discovery was the result of attempts by medical staff to resuscitate him.
Failure to implement a plan that is suitable for your financial profile could result in your receiving medical and post-acute institutional care that is of a lesser quality than you really need or would find acceptable.
The costs to the country are, as we do have a tax paid health care system, the costs of whatever extra medical treatment I require as a result of drinking myself to death (perhaps plus any extra police costs as a result of my being blotto).
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If the surgery does happen to result in litigation, the medical-malpractice attorney who defends the surgeon would presumably not be William Ginsburg of Los Angeles.
It should result in a significant decrease in medical errors and streamline the medical system.
None of them have been a result of any interaction with a medical or long-term care facility.
As a result of lengthy waits to receive medical care, some have sought to buy medical care, in some cases going abroad for more complex procedures.
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We have evidence that dozens of people were forced to leave the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) as result of my claims, an improperly judged case of a whistleblower.
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