NHS, some of which involve tricky compromises such as the trade-off between the quality of medical care and its cost.
In a statement, the NKRF said the government's National Service Framework for renal services, announced last year, offered a "real opportunity" to raise the quality of medical care and reduce inequalities in the service.
Many of the schools under development are making a bigger push to educate future primary care physicians, which will be in greater need to improve the quality of medical care and lower costs by keeping patients out of the more expensive hospital setting.
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"The only way we can improve the safety of players, restore the confidence of our fans and secure the future of our game is to insist on the same quality of medical care, informed consent and ethical standards that we expect for ourselves and for our family members, " the statement said.
In my mind, we are already focusing as a country on improving the quality of the medical care system--the hospitals, doctors, etc.
Until now they have been stymied by a critical lack of information about the quality of the medical care they are buying.
It is important to keep in mind that reducing hospitalizations is not the goal: The real aim is improving the quality of care for these patients, many of whom need both medical care and personal assistance.
The evidence shows that managed care has curbed medical inflation without compromising the quality of care (see article).
These fatality rates nothing about the quality of U.S. medical care.
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My reforms are built on the pursuit of three goals: paying only for quality medical care, having insurance choices that are diverse and responsive to individual needs, and restoring our sense of personal responsibility.
When Americans find themselves in times of crisis -- from car accidents to national tragedies -- our robust network of EMS professionals ensures that quality medical care is only moments away.
He says Charlotte is attractive because of its low residential real estate taxes, the ability to get a lot of home for the money, as well as quality-of-life issues, such as high standards of medical care and higher education.
Basically, the rule requires insurers to spend 80 percent of premium dollars on medical care and quality improvement.
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What results is a poorer quality of care, more overtreatment, more fraud, more medical mistakes, and more patients falling through the cracks.
But quality of care and access will require significant attention in a reformed medical system.
One potential growth area is the field of elder law, which deals not just with the subject of asset transfer, but also with the quality of life as people age over a period that, given improved medical care and increasing life expectancies, may extend for 20 to 30 years.
To build a future of quality health care, we must trust patients and doctors to make medical decisions and empower them with better information and better options.
Patients have not because medical care is too critical to risk any reduction in the quality of care a limitation of liability might foster.
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Financial relationships between physicians and drug and medical device companies can create conflicts of interest that threaten the quality of patient care and drive up healthcare costs.
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These are private, Medicare-funded groups that work with medical providers and seniors in each state to improve the quality and efficiency of health care.
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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.
Also present at the meeting were contributors to a special issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) focusing on problems in health care quality.
Translate those figures into the quality of a family's life and they mean constant worry, inadequate access to needed medical care and, for many, serious health problems.
As in many other aspects of health care, we could significantly reduce costs and improve quality by moving towards the medical practices adopted in the more efficient parts of the country.
Store-based health clinics must use standardized medical protocols derived from evidence-based practice guidelines to insure patient safety and quality of care.
Some of the most serious challenges facing health care today--medical errors, inconsistent quality and rising costs--can be addressed through the effective application of available health information technology linking all elements of the health care system.
Earl Howe told the House of Lords the decision was taken by the NHS in Leeds, the Care Quality Commission and NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh.
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Since in American health care there is only competition to maximize quality, regardless of costs, developers and innovators of new medical technology are focused primarily on increasing quality regardless of cost.
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