Fluent in English and Cantonese, with a shrewd understanding of the political ways on both sides of the divide, she became something of a gatekeeper for Chinatown, literally translating for city leaders who came to seek donations or discuss projects.
And under many insurance plans, an employee who wishes to consult a psychiatrist or psychotherapist must get authorization from a "gatekeeper" for a specified number of initial visits.
Patients are free to choose any health care provider registered under the NHIS for their care, without the need for approval by a gatekeeper.
And one of his initial concepts remains central for Healtheon: playing a gatekeeper role in the daily transactions of the nation's medical money machine.
If the true median G4PFS for arm B is 3 months, then the HR of 0.75 equals approximately 1 month of improvement in median G4PFS for arm A. A gatekeeper strategy will be used to sequentially test PFS.
In this regard, DNA damage repair, for example, can be seen as a gatekeeper for increased entropy of signaling, watching over the order in the DNA sequence.
This might also include the implementation of CT coronary angiography as a tool for preoperative planning before cardiac bypass surgery [ 25] and as a gatekeeper for invasive angiography in patients referred for cardiac valve surgery [ 26].
Elstein, speaking at the Oxford Media Convention on Wednesday, was asked for his view of the power of Apple as a gatekeeper for digital publishers offering digital content online.
Our study demonstrated that these provider practices, like being a gatekeeper for special diets or punishing patients for medication non-adherence, practically impacted care provision too.
Positron emission tomography (PET) is increasingly used for quantitative perfusion imaging in ischemic heart disease and functions as a gatekeeper for revascularization in patients with suspected coronary artery disease [4 6].
