They ask, they research, they consider, they get second opinions.
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So I decided to do some research and seek second opinions.
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"They all require second opinions," the intermediary wrote to Mr. Lhéritier.
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"Request pictures of patients he has fixed, and get second opinions when necessary."
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Also, many employers will now pay for second opinions as an employee benefit.
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Another, called Grand Rounds, offers second opinions and help in finding a doctor.
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Even for minor procedures we often get second opinions before we make decisions.
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"To the extent that second opinions help patients and their loved ones become more informed and feel more comfortable with their decisions, then second opinions can be important - even if they don't end up changing patterns of treatment," Radhakrishnan said.
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Eventually, though, second opinions confirmed for patients that their newfound reality was completely false.
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Their jobs range from setting up hospitals to providing second opinions by video-link.
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"I encourage people to get second opinions and learn about all their options," she said.
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Like with any specialty or service, it helps to shop around or get second opinions.
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Despite the results, Schulman says, she "wasn't really convinced" and asked for recommendations for second opinions.
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But second opinions require clinical and financial resources that some areas may not support, she said.
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The other said it was important to do outside research, ask questions and get second opinions.
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My secret weapon is Jim Horne, my partner at XWord Info, who gives great second opinions.
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Second opinions from private firms, such as environmental consultancies or large auditors, have also grown more popular.
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Even if treatment decisions do not change, second opinions can be a useful and important exercise, Philip said.
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Players are using their hard-fought right to seek second opinions, as guaranteed in the collective bargaining agreement.
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One of the reasons he wanted to unionize was for access to better health care, including second opinions.
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A slide presentation titled "Twitter_mistakes_prezi" tells police, "Don't make light of harsh situations," and to sometimes seek second opinions.
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This would have eliminated any second opinions or alternative perspectives on what constitutes a threat to a mother's health.
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Those who doubt their diagnosis or want to be reassured they are taking the right path can seek second opinions.
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The union provides players with a list of doctors available for second opinions, and the team pays for those visits.
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I add people to calls for second opinions, and I text pictures as visual aids to help illuminate my points.
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Special stains or other supplies needed to perform lab tests, even second opinions are often required to finalize a diagnosis.
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M.D. Anderson says that when people come there for second opinions, 25 percent of the time, they reverse the first opinion.
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Consumers should be aware of their reactions to disclosure and take time out to reconsider their options and seek second opinions.
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"One of the most common second opinions I get in New York City is the fifth metatarsal fracture," Dr. Greisberg said.
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President Bush, Mazarr says, "believed in belief itself," a tendency that obviated the need to challenge assumptions or solicit second opinions.
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My mother, worried that I would never be able to walk without crutches, took me to other doctors for second opinions.
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Facebook's appeals process would expand to enable people who complain about content to seek second opinions if it is not removed initially.
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After consulting with his doctors, getting second opinions, and talking to many other transgender individuals and families, we started researching chest reconstructive surgery.
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Before patients can elect to have the Ewing amputation, Carty mandates second opinions, along with visits to a pain specialist and to psychiatrists.
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Very consistently, I got the answer that women should really get second opinions, not accept it if they're dismissed, and really trust their instincts.
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Participants in the plan, which covered just 40,000 Hoosiers in its early stages, were much more likely to use generic drugs and seek second opinions.
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"We had thought that men who received second opinions, in general, may receive different treatment than men who did not," she told Reuters Health by email.
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When I moved to New York, I didn't know much about home decorating, so I looked to my family and girlfriends for their tips and second opinions.
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The premise of the business was that many N.F.L. players do not trust their team physicians and would seek doctors who could offer them unbiased second opinions.
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In exchange for access to the data, patients gets their fragmented medical records organized into an app they can use to track their treatment and get second opinions.
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"When I go in as a woman to consult my physician, I want all the options, I want all the information, I want second opinions," Republican state Sen.
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"The results tell us that we need to investigate the motivation for men receiving second opinions to better understand how they may relate to treatment decisions," Radhakrishnan said.
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Doctors are cut off from chatting online with patients and are unable to access patient data or seek second opinions on cases, said Lubna Khan, a physician and activist.
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Everyone with cancer should feel empowered to ask their doctor about available clinical trials and to consider getting second opinions so that they can review all their potential treatment options.
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"We were surprised by the relatively large percentage of men who obtain second opinions for their prostate cancer," said lead author Dr. Archana Radhakrishnan of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
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It's also worth noting, through all this Neptune haze, to watch out for liars and for paranoia— find ways to stay grounded, and keep trusty friends close by for second opinions.
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Numerous organizations are striving to create situations in which patients can access their data for second opinions, research studies and a synthesis of sources to facilitate more active patient involvement in care.
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But hospitals in China, India, South Korea, and Slovakia—as well as one in the US, Jupiter Medical Center in Jupiter, Florida—use Watson for Oncology for virtual second opinions on treatment options.
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So when Castlight discovered that 30 percent of Walmart employees who got second opinions opted not to get back surgery, the vendor made a concerted effort to communicate with employees about alternative options.
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Having a president who blindly believes everything he is told without looking critically at the evidence or asking for second opinions can lead to bad decisions — like, say, invading Iraq over its supposed WMDs.
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Two pit bulls owned by Carl E. Heastie, the new Assembly speaker, have been patients for five years, Dr. Katz said; other members often come to him for second opinions on their pets' ailments.
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"Without that information it is not possible to correct errors in the record, get informed second opinions, donate your data to research – or share with others what is happening with your care," Krumholz added.
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Her parents – Brian and Vanessa DePersiis – received second opinions in New York and at Boston Children's Hospital before ultimately settling on treatment in their home state of New Jersey at a top cancer center.
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But, as Willis told me in his tatty room in Tucson, he wished it "hadn't had any outside people," that it had just been his work on the record, no producers, no second opinions.
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Mr. Robertson told an undercover reporter for Al Jazeera that they were developing a telemedicine clinic with Dr. Ramogida called ProMed that would provide athletes with second opinions after they have been treated by team doctors.
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CentaurLabs: Hires doctors to label medical imagery datasets at scale, which can then be used to train AI. In the future, they're aiming to build a diagnosis system to provide second opinions for doctors and patients.
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Dr. Don Rucker, the federal health department's national coordinator for health information technology, said that allowing people convenient access to their medical data would help them better manage their health, seek second opinions and understand medical costs.
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"The entire highly experienced U.K. team, all those who provided second opinions and the consultant instructed by the parents all agreed that further treatment would be futile — meaning it would be pointless or of no effective benefit," it adds.
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" "If I could have done something different for Daisy Lynn, and if I could give any parents advice, I would tell them to do more research on your dentist and your anesthesiologist and to get as many second opinions as you possibly can.
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Between the lines: Rights granted by a collective bargaining agreement reached in 2011 have authorized NFL players to seek second opinions on medical issues, "but only after consulting with the club physician and giving due consideration to his recommendations," the New York Times notes.
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"If I could have done something different for Daisy Lynn, and if I could give any parents advice, I would tell them to do more research on your dentist and your anesthesiologist and to get as many second opinions as you possibly can," she told PEOPLE.
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It's a web of information, but you'll be able to expand on these seemingly disjointed sketches later in the week, as Mercury makes a connection to your planetary ruler Jupiter on Sunday, which, through some second opinions, helps you see the overarching themes that bring your research together.
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"It is evident here and in other studies that people seek second opinions for a variety of different reasons, not all about looking for a different doctor who will offer different treatments," said professor Jenny Philip of St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne in Australia, who was not part of the new study.
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When asked about the most promising start-up that had the potential to go public this year, primary care group One Medical received the biggest vote of confidence at 34 percent, followed by health data company Health Catalyst at 31 percent and Grand Rounds, which offers virtual second opinions, at 23 percent.
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And just as a doctor should encourage a patient to get second opinions, Facebook should allow its users to write and share their own formulas for how their news feeds should be populated, rather than making a one-size-fits-all decision that, say, updates from friends and family are to be prioritized over news.
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David Tosh of the Ulster Museum, one of the scholars involved with the study, replied that the researchers had solicited second opinions on their findings before the University of Manchester and the Ulster Museum put out their press release making the announcement, but that full publication of the study (and detailed peer review) will follow.
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Professional mediators may be asked for second opinions regarding whether to proceed to trial or seek a settlement instead.
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As a national centre of excellence, the RNOH treats patients from across the country, many of whom have been referred by other hospital consultants for second opinions or for treatment of complex or rare conditions.
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She proposed that the government should exclude carbon tax for peat in 2010. Moreover, she tried to suppress all the second opinions of her colleagues in VTT in conflict with the freedom of speech and research ethics.
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The hosts and guest make jokes about the films as well as attempt to unscramble plots. After discussing the film, Scheer reads "second opinions" in the form of five-star reviews posted online by Amazon.com users. The hosts also often make recommendations on if the film is worth watching.
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In the diagnosis of lung cancer, computed tomography with special three-dimensional CAD systems are established and considered as appropriate second opinions. At this a volumetric dataset with up to 3,000 single images is prepared and analyzed. Round lesions (lung cancer, metastases and benign changes) from 1 mm are detectable. Today all well-known vendors of medical systems offer corresponding solutions.
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It also needs to be in a format that can be utilized by both health care providers for comparisons, second opinions and future study as well as by machines used for processing the data for further analysis.Shabo (Shvo), Amnon. “Health Record Banks: Integrating Clinical and Genomic Data into Patient-Centric Longitudinal and Cross-Institutional Health Records.” Personalized Medicine 4.4 (2007): 453–455.
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The first book written by Groopman was The Measure of Our Days, published in 1997. He also published Second Opinions in 2000 and Anatomy of Hope in 2004. His 2007 book How Doctors Think rapidly rose to the top of the New York Times bestseller list when it was released. He further wrote, with his wife, Pamela Hartzband, an endocrinologist, the book Your Medical Mind (2011).
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In August 2001 the Dutch television personality Sylvia Millecam died as a result of breast cancer. After being diagnosed the actress sought second opinions and treatment from two alternative medicine providers and self-proclaimed healing medium Jomanda. These told Millecam that she did not have cancer but suffered from some bacterial infection instead. Millecam's condition steadily worsened until the cancer could no longer be treated.
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In 1998, Kaiser Permanente restricted Patel's practice; he was instructed not to operate on the liver or pancreas and to seek second opinions before performing other surgeries. In September 2000, after reviewing four cases involving the deaths of three patients, the Oregon Board of Medical Examiners made Patel's restriction statewide. Even though his medical license had been restricted, Patel still received glowing letters of recommendation from his colleagues at Kaiser Permanente.
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On August 1, 2016, the Brewers traded Smith to the San Francisco Giants for Phil Bickford and Andrew Susac. On March 20, 2017, Smith was diagnosed with possible UCL damage in his left elbow, but no structural damage. He returned to California to seek second opinions with doctors, who petitioned that Smith would require surgery. On March 24, it was reported that Smith elected to have Tommy John surgery on his elbow, ending his 2017 season with the Giants.
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The study was cited by supporters of the proposition. The ethics committee of the French National Centre for Scientific Research wrote that Seralini's public-relations approach was "inappropriate for a high-quality and objective scientific debate." Science journalist Carl Zimmer criticized the science journalists who participated.On the Media Radio Show, 2012 Sep 28 Manipulating Science Reporting Cosmos Magazine's Elizabeth Finkel said that the confidentiality clause had allowed Seralini's story to "prance unfettered" before second opinions arrived.
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Myriad's business model of offering the diagnostic test exclusively led from Myriad being a startup in 1994 to being a publicly traded company with 1200 employees and about $500M in annual revenue in 2012;Myriad Investor Page—see "Myriad at a glance" accessed October 2012 it also led to controversy over high prices and the inability to obtain second opinions from other diagnostic labs, which in turn led to the landmark Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics lawsuit.
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This experience increases the quality of the care they provide. In this new model, pregnant patients have access to immediate obstetrical care and private obstetricians have an onsite partner who can offer second opinions and assistance with complicated or high risk cases. This model also provides the hospital staff with a physician available to offer immediate support, education and patient care. The hospital administration has a tangible system in place that directly supports quality care and patient satisfaction.
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Victoria Butler-Cole, a barrister, represented the guardian. The Telegraph later reported that the parents "privately expressed their concern" when they realised that Butler-Cole is the chair of Compassion in Dying, a sister organisation of Dignity in Dying. At this stage agreed reporting restriction orders were in place to protect the anonymity of the medical team and those that have given second opinions, both from the UK and abroad. The restrictions in respect of Hirano were lifted by consent at the second hearing.
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In 1952, the first peer-to-peer support group, called "Reach to Recovery", began providing post-mastectomy, in-hospital visits from women who had survived breast cancer. The breast cancer movement of the 1980s and 1990s developed out of the larger feminist movements and women's health movement of the 20th century. This series of political and educational campaigns, partly inspired by the politically and socially effective AIDS awareness campaigns, resulted in the widespread acceptance of second opinions before surgery, less invasive surgical procedures, support groups, and other advances in care.
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The clinic has staff members who speak English, German, Japanese, Mongolian, Arabic, Russian, and Chinese, and language interpretation services are provided. International services include airport transport, assistance with medical documents, online consultations, second opinions, travel and accommodations, insurance claims and local travel. In 1999, through the hospital accreditation, the educational opportunities expanded to include medical specialty training programs. Continuing medical education at Jaseng serves the purpose of providing accurate diagnosis and standardized treatment for musculoskeletal and degenerative diseases so that each patient can receive safe, least invasive and optimal treatment results.
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Making a formal medical diagnosis is not a practice for many medical intuitives, but some medical intuitives also work with M.D.s or N.D.s including some general practitioners who have called on medical intuitives for second opinions. In a few cases medical intuitives have been hired by hospitals, clinics and medical offices, particularly in California. Many medical professionals and psychologists attribute perceived anecdotal successes by medical intuitives to a combination of wishful thinking, confirmation bias, the placebo effect, and regression fallacy associated with self-limiting conditions. A few educational institutions offer graduate degrees that include "research-based training" and certifications for medical intuitives.
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He considered six such schemes, four in the Lake District, using Ullswater, Haweswater, Windermere, and the headwaters of the River Lune and River Hodder, one in Wales, using Bala Lake, and the scheme which Jackson favoured, using the headwaters of the River Brock, a tributary of the River Wyre, some to the north of the city. In May, the Water Committee sought second opinions, and approached Hawksley and Bateman. Hawksley supported Jackson's proposal, but Bateman felt that it was flawed in a number of areas, and suggested instead a joint scheme with Manchester to use water from Ullswater.
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Methods to diagnose the likelihood of a patient with mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 getting cancer were covered by patents owned or controlled by Myriad Genetics.US5747282US5837492 Myriad's business model of exclusively offering the diagnostic test led to Myriad growing from being a startup in 1994 to being a publicly traded company with 1200 employees and about $500M in annual revenue in 2012;Myriad Investor Page—see "Myriad at a glance" accessed October 2012 it also led to controversy over high prices and the inability to get second opinions from other diagnostic labs, which in turn led to the landmark Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics lawsuit.
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In one study, when a survey of women was taken following Jolie's announcement, awareness rose by 4% among those women surveyed. The media reported these women's health and their treatment choices, and even invited some to appear on talk shows to discuss breast cancer frankly. The breast cancer movement has resulted in widespread acceptance of second opinions, the development of less invasive surgical procedures, the spread of support groups, and other advances in patient care. The movement successfully separated diagnostic biopsy from mastectomy surgery; before about 1980, it was common to perform the biopsy and, if a quick review of tissues indicated a probable need, a mastectomy in the same surgery.
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He had successful bypass surgery in 1999, but from 2004 to 2015 suffered from what was finally diagnosed as Lyme disease, although it was initially and incorrectly thought to be early onset Alzheimer's disease. It is unclear how Kristofferson contracted Lyme disease but it is suspected that he caught it while filming a movie in the woods of Vermont in 2002. His wife credits the successful diagnosis and recovery to getting second opinions when dealing with auto-immune and Alzheimer-type diagnoses. Kristofferson is currently being treated by a specialist in California "who added antibiotic intramuscular injections to Kris's protocol and is continuing to treat Kris", his wife reported.
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The National Psychosis Unit specialises in evidence-based treatment for people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other similar disorders, particularly where local treatment has been unsuccessful or only partially successful in relieving symptoms. Anyone receiving NHS treatment can access the service free of charge following a referral by the person’s psychiatrist or general practitioner The service provides second opinions on medication, diagnosis or any other aspect of care. The service has an outpatient clinic and 24-bedded inpatient facility. As well as pharmaceutical treatments, there is a strong focus on psychological treatments, rehabilitation and recovery, and reducing the risk of readmission through exploring what has led to breakdowns in the past and how to avoid this happening in future.
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From 1976 to 1989 she worked as a soft tissue pathologist at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) under the mentoring of Dr. Franz Enzinger, one of the fathers of the field of soft tissue pathology. In 1989 she moved to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she served as the A. James French Professor of Pathology, Director of Anatomic Pathology, and Chief of Surgical Pathology. In 1998 she became Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. She is the director of the expert consultation service at Emory University Hospital, where she provides diagnostic second opinions on sarcomas and other soft tissue pathology cases.
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The first hearing took place on 3, 5, 7 and 11 April at what was then thought to be a full and final hearing. The court heard testimony from two doctors and two nurses from GOSH, four doctors from whom GOSH had sought second opinions, from a doctor appointed as expert witness by the parents with the court's permission, and from Hirano by telephone from the US. All of the UK doctors bar one gave written and oral evidence; one gave written evidence only. Doctors from GOSH testified that withdrawing treatment complied with Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health guidelines. The conclusions of the doctor appointed by the parents was said by the judge to coincide with the opinions of the other UK doctors.
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Jomo was Research Coordinator for the G24 Intergovernmental Group on International Monetary Affairs and Development during 2006–2012. Together with the Bank of International Settlements, the UN and the G24 – under his leadership – have been acknowledged as the only international organisations who warned of the impending 2007–2009 crisis. In response to the crisis, he initiated the UN system-wide supplementary Macroeconomic Advisory Capacity to offer 'second opinions' on appropriate policy responses emphasising economic recovery and employment generation, served as a member of the [Stiglitz] Commission of Experts of the President of the UN General Assembly on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System during 2008–2009, and led a parallel effort for the G24 to articulate international financial system reform proposals.
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The rate of adoption of telehealth services in any jurisdiction is frequently influenced by factors such as the adequacy and cost of existing conventional health services in meeting patient needs; the policies of governments and/or insurers with respect to coverage and payment for telehealth services; and medical licensing requirements that may inhibit or deter the provision of telehealth second opinions or primary consultations by physicians. Projections for the growth of the telehealth market are optimistic, and much of this optimism is predicated upon the increasing demand for remote medical care. According to a recent survey, nearly three-quarters of U.S. consumers say they would use telehealth. At present, several major companies along with a bevvy of startups are working to develop a leading presence in the field.
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The AFIP was one of more than a dozen tenant facilities located on the campus of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in the north-east of Washington, so its director reported to the Surgeon General of the Army and not to the commander at Walter Reed. It had originally been established by a Civil War general as the Army Medical Museum in 1862 to combat “diseases of the battlefield”. Before AFIP closed in 2011 as a result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Act, the pathology division acted most of its time as a consultant, giving second opinions free of charge to the military and for a fee to civilian physicians. It handled tens of thousands of cases yearly on the understanding that it may keep a representative sample from any case.
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Citing words and phrases from the draft, she argued that the 77 percent of Americans then covered by insurance would see a downgrade in their policies, and most would not be able to keep their own physicians but be forced into price-controlled health maintenance organizations (HMOs), which would provide only the most basic care. According to McCaughey, the HMO plans would not pay for visits to specialists or for second opinions, and most physicians would be driven out of private practice. In late November 1993, the bill for the Clinton health care plan of 1993 was introduced in the Congress and made publicly available. The Wall Street Journal then published an op-ed by McCaughey in which said she had pored over the entire bill and concluded that it had price controls that would cause rationing, and the bill was dangerous.
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This did not result in any immediate reaction from the government at the time, but after the war, these resolutions were consulted when drafting legislation legalizing abortion. In 1940, the National Eugenic Law stopped short of explicitly calling abortion legal by outlining a set of procedures a doctor had to follow in order to perform an abortion; these procedures included getting second opinions and submitting reports, though these could be ignored when it was an emergency. This was a daunting and complicated process that many physicians did not want to deal with, and some sources attribute the fall in abortion rate between 1941 and 1944 from 18,000 to 1,800 to this legislation. After World War II, Japan found itself in a population crisis. In 1946, 10 million people were declared at risk of starvation, and between the years 1945 and 1950, the population increased by 11 million.
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Of the evidence of the UK doctors the judge said: ::"... the entire highly experienced UK team, all those who provided second opinions and the consultant instructed by the parents in these proceedings share a common view that further treatment would be futile." Hirano testified, like the other doctors involved, anonymously. He described his work with people and mice with the TK2-mutation form of MDDS, reporting that the patients under the treatment improved muscular strength, becoming less dependent on ventilators, and did not develop seizures compared to those not receiving nucleoside supplements. He said the therapy was unlikely to reverse structural brain damage, but that if the case were at his hospital, he would be willing to offer the treatment if the parents so desired and could pay for it, but he would defer first to the intensive care unit to make the decision.
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A patent application for the isolated BRCA1 gene and cancer-cancer promoting mutations discussed above, as well as methods to diagnose the likelihood of getting breast cancer, was filed by the University of Utah, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and Myriad Genetics in 1994; over the next year, Myriad, in collaboration with investigators from Endo Recherche, Inc., HSC Research & Development Limited Partnership, and University of Pennsylvania, isolated and sequenced the BRCA2 gene and identified key mutations, and the first BRCA2 patent was filed in the U.S. by Myriad and other institutions in 1995. Myriad is the exclusive licensee of these patents and has enforced them in the US against clinical diagnostic labs. This business model led to Myriad growing being a startup in 1994 to being a publicly traded company with 1200 employees and about $500M in annual revenue in 2012; it also led to controversy over high prices and the inability to get second opinions from other diagnostic labs, which in turn led to the landmark Association for Molecular Pathology v.
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A patent application for the isolated BRCA1 gene and cancer promoting mutations discussed above, as well as methods to diagnose the likelihood of getting breast cancer, was filed by the University of Utah, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and Myriad Genetics in 1994; over the next year, Myriad, (in collaboration with investigators at Endo Recherche, Inc., HSC Research & Development Limited Partnership, and University of Pennsylvania), isolated and sequenced the BRCA2 gene and identified key mutations, and the first BRCA2 patent was filed in the U.S. by Myriad and other institutions in 1995. Myriad is the exclusive licensee of these patents and has enforced them in the US against clinical diagnostic labs. This business model led from Myriad being a startup in 1994 to being a publicly traded company with 1200 employees and about $500M in annual revenue in 2012; it also led to controversy over high prices and the inability to get second opinions from other diagnostic labs, which in turn led to the landmark Association for Molecular Pathology v.
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The four health funds offer their members the option of purchasing supplemental insurance plans which provide coverage for services not included in the basket of services or provide coverage at an increased level. These supplemental plans are usually offered in two or three coverage tiers and include or provide discounts on services and products such as: second opinions from medical specialists, surgeries and other medical procedures by private physicians and in private or semi-private facilities in Israel and abroad, dental and orthodontic coverage for adults, discounts on drugs not included in the public "basket of medications", expanded maternity care, additional vaccinations and medical tests, alternative medicine, and more. The cost of these supplemental plans is relatively modest (costing an equivalent of US$10 to $35 per month for an adult depending on age group and coverage tier in 2019). The health funds are prohibited by law from denying any member participation in a supplementary health insurance plan, and may not charge different premiums due to pre-existing conditions, although they usually impose an initial waiting period before supplemental coverage takes effect.
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The new evidence was summarised as: # the Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, Rome is willing to accept the transfer of Charlie; # Dr. Hirano and the associated medical centre in the USA remain willing to accept the transfer of Charlie; # on the basis of new laboratory findings, Dr. Hirano considers: ##the likelihood of a positive effect and benefits to Charlie of the proposed nucleoside therapy to be markedly improved compared to the views expressed in court; ##the likelihood that the proposed nucleoside therapy will cross the blood brain barrier to be significantly enhanced. In spite of these assertions, Dr. Hirano had still not seen Charlie, had never physically assessed Charlie nor had he had sight of his medical records and investigations, including the second opinions of doctors from outside GOSH. The judge later said of this "It seems to me to be a remarkably simple proposition that if a doctor is to give evidence to this court about the prospect of effective treatment in respect of a child whose future is being considered by the court, that Dr should see the patient before the court can sensibly rely upon his evidence." Hirano gave evidence by videolink from America.
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After surgery and several months of rehabilitation on his left foot Sandy suffered his second major career setback when he suffered the same injury on his right foot just months later. Determined to return to the field the following season Sandy sought second opinions. After discussing his options with coaches and multiple doctors Sandy opted to forgo the traditional rehabilitation for a controversial cancer treatment which was promised to expedite bone healing. His healing time was cut in half and was able to return for the final preseason game of 2005 against the San Francisco 49ers In 2005, he played in three games Excited return to finally return to the field of play and test his skills against noteworthy NFL players like TE Todd Heap, LB Ray Lewis, and S Ed Reed His first start came against the Baltimore Ravens on September 21, 2005 Disappointingly, during the game, Sandy shockingly re-fractured his right foot while leaping over a fullback in the backfield to tackle a Ravens running back thus, suffering his 3rd major injury in less than a one year span He finished the season with two tackles and was unable to return to play for the remainder of the season.
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