Sentence examples for pick patients from inspiring English sources

Private providers should not be allowed to "cherry pick" patients and the government "should not seek to increase the role of the private sector as an end in itself".

Dr Clare Gerada, Field's successor at the RCGPs, and probably the bill's most strident senior critic, declared herself "encouraged by the forum's recommendations for the future role of Monitor in relation to competition, and the report's insistence that private providers should not be allowed to 'cherry pick' patients".

For example, a tendency has been documented for staff to "cherry pick" patients who were considered approachable due to being of the same sex, social class and able to speak English fluently.

In addition, the results of our study also provide empirical research confirming the arguments of opponents of specialty hospitals, who contend that specialty hospitals may provide healthcare services at greater profit or cherry pick patients more than traditional hospitals.

131 Nevertheless, since 95% of Niemann Pick patients have a mutation in NPC1, a phase I study has been started with the HDAC inhibitor vorinostat in this patient population (registered at ClinicalTrials.gov with identifier number NCT02124083).

Imagine the consequences if doctors cherry-pick patients on that basis.

As a result, physicians may be tempted to "cherry-pick" patients, opting to work with only the healthiest individuals.

But years ago the doctors agreed among themselves to a system that paid them a similar fee whether they saw Medicare, Medicaid, or private-insurance patients, so that there would be little incentive to cherry-pick patients.

With P4P doling out bonuses, many doctors have expressed concern that they will feel pressured to prescribe "mandated" drugs, even to elderly patients who may not benefit, and to cherry-pick patients who can comply with pay-for-performance measures.

Asked whether the current plans include adequate regulation to address the concerns raised in the report, Cooper said: "After a bumpy start, the government's response to the future forum has clearly addressed the need to limit hospitals' ability to cherry-pick patients.

"Health I.T. without privacy is an excellent way for companies to establish a gold mine of information that can be used to increase profits, promote expensive drugs, cherry-pick patients who are cheaper to insure and market directly to consumers," said Dr. Deborah C. Peel, coordinator of the Coalition for Patient Privacy, which includes the American Civil Liberties Union among its members.