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Dr. Adre du Plessis, chief of fetal and transitional medicine at Children's National Medical Centre in Washington, D.C., who has been working with Chase for the past two years, calls his patient's diagnosis a "mystery."
Thestar.com - Home Page Kenyon Wallace 2011
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If the patient is unusually thirsty, is confused, or has a blood sugar reading of 200 or above, aides will immediately call the patient's doctor and the nurse managing the case.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Marki Flannery 2011
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By reaching patient's homes, access to medical care will start equalizing across geographies.
Roy Schoenberg, M.D.: Telemedicine: The Next Big Thing? M.D. Roy Schoenberg 2011
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Jo Brand popped up to explain that she, too, had been a nurse, but not a good one like Claire, because she had a degree and couldn't even read a patient's blood pressure – "I just made it up."
Claire Rayner memorial fundraiser draws star-studded cast 2011
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The lump sum is used for all the patient's costs, including physician and nursing home care.
States turn to private insurance companies for managed care 2011
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By reaching patient's homes, access to medical care will start equalizing across geographies.
Roy Schoenberg, M.D.: Telemedicine: The Next Big Thing? M.D. Roy Schoenberg 2011
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He cautions, however, that doctors should consider "the patient's values, not [their] own values or what [they] think they should be doing as a physician."
Physicians May Heal Themselves Differently Katherine Hobson 2011
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Appearing on a computer screen wheeled up to the patient's bedside, Louise reviews the discharge packet while the patient holds a paper copy.
Don't Come Back, Hospitals Say Laura Landro 2011
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Paying a nurses aide to go to the patient's home and sit with the patient and help him with ADLs is much cheaper than paying for the room alone in a nursing home.
Lieberman a major problem for Senate Democrats on health care 2009
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At discharge, the nurse provides an individualized instruction booklet that is also sent to the patient's regular doctor.
Don't Come Back, Hospitals Say Laura Landro 2011
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