They then use this to examine the routing of between 4 & 10% of the US medical transcription industry to India, the potential offshoring of Ask-a-Nurse programmes by managed care companies, and offshore outsourcing of professional interpretation of radiographic imagery.
However, the common professional interpretation of what is "minimally invasive" does not take into account a patient's emotional experience while many women undergoing hysteroscopy suffer from significant levels of anxiety [5, 6].
Professional interpretation of genomic variants found during testing on individual patients must occur, and it is this step that constitutes the practice of medicine.
Anticipated responses included the use of proxy-report tools for observation, the use of AAC as a self-reporting tool to indicate pain location or degree of pain, and professionals' interpretation of the children's body language.
By contrast, when prescribing in the clinical setting was compared with the healthcare professionals' interpretation of the rapid diagnostic test, there were still significant differences in the prescription of antimalarials and antibiotics between the rapid diagnostic test and clinical diagnosis arms.
In February 2009, the winning scientists will be guests of honor at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Chicago, where, on 13 February, they will have front-row seats to the world debut of THIS IS SCIENCE, a professional dance interpretation of their published research.
This may represent a further constraint on putting the ideal of professional interpretation into practice.
Which is more confusing, more prone to misinterpretation or more in need of professional interpretation?
However, despite routine provision of professional interpretation services, informants in our study sensed that communication barriers still remained.
The language barrier may compromise nursing care delivery and could be readily overcome by implementation of professional interpretation within the hospital settings.
