Sentence examples for ordering tests and from inspiring English sources
Many doctors believe so-called defensive medicine – ordering tests and procedures to avoid lawsuits – is a major reason health costs are so high.
At the same time, doctors complain that "defensive medicine" — ordering tests and procedures out of fear of being sued — drives up health costs.
Knaves, on the other hand, put their financial well-being before their patients, often ordering tests and studies for personal gain.
This includes savings from faster referrals between doctors, fewer delays in ordering tests and getting results, fewer errors in oral or hand-written reporting, fewer redundant tests, and automatic ordering and re-fills of drugs.
Only one in four doctors used electronic health records in 2005, according to a recent study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and George Washington University, and fewer than 1 in 10 doctors used the technology for important tasks like prescribing drugs, ordering tests and making treatment decisions.
The doctors were told to see the patients for regularly scheduled appointments only, not for emergency visits when their symptoms flared up; to be conservative about providing treatment or ordering tests; and to aim to help patients cope with symptoms rather than eliminate them.
Doctors and hospitals will be able to order tests and see results, prescribe medicine and maintain patient records online through the iMcKesson Web site.
Back in New York in the fall, a doctor ordered tests and then delivered the brutal verdict: "It could be cancer of the spine.
During four years of medical school, students learn to order tests and treatments based on their knowledge of diseases and of scientific evidence.
Wakefield's contract was for "experimental gastroenterology" and he was not allowed to treat children, but he ordered tests and procedures that were not necessary for their health.
If you had a platform model, a number of companies, including some of the existing [direct-to-consumer] ones, could build applications to order tests and provide interpretation.
