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It should be noted that conditional coverage at a national level that allows payment only to specified providers can override local coverage that provided access to some patients . Be alert to the extreme sedative effects that have been noted after the administration of lorazepam to some patients who used cocaine . The College of Medicine policy on HIPAA training for medical students was set last Spring as follows : All M1 students must complete the online training course prior to any patient contact . Because of the initial success of the order set in the selected population , use of the orders is now widespread to any patient needing tight glycemic control in the critical care environment . The next challenge is to identify hospitals that demonstrate high performance consistently over time for a broad spectrum of measures — those that can " guarantee " high quality to all patients and high efficiency to payors . ANSWER : as with all other medications , methadone should be available to any patient whom the physician believes is likely to benefit from it , and who voluntarily accepts it . We have taken substantial precautions to minimize any disruption to any patient ’ s care . For this reason , it is recommended that sugar be given to any patient who is suspected to be having a diabetic emergency . Treatment with dual combination therapy of Thai patients with advanced HIV infection has resulted in a 57 percent reduction in mortality rates compared to those patients who received no therapy , according to a recently-published report in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes . And we , as oncologists , have a tremendous gratitude to those patients , but it 's also really important for the women out there now , for our population , to understand how important it is to participate in those trials as we go forward . This procedure is relatively new and may not be applicable to all patients . Some studies support the view that tinted lenses and filters may be of benefit to some patients with visual impairment , however , others have failed to find any significant improvement in visual performance with tinted lenses . Non-invasive sampling methodologies are of obvious benefit to all patients for at least the following reasons : more information is obtainable as sampling can be performed more frequently , and validated , decreased pain and discomfort , decreased risk of infection , potential for home-monitoring , etc. The mission of the American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine is to promote excellence in the delivery of medical care to all patients with advanced , progressive illness through the development of standards for training and practice in palliative medicine . We now know that this supplement combination may offer an additional option to some patients , although much more remains to be learned about glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate . This possible underutilization of hydroxyurea is not only costly to the Medicaid system , but costly to those patients that are not receiving drug therapy that may improve their quality of life . A goal of nursing is to restore a patient to an optimal level of wellness as defined by the patient . Information regarding the potential for fatigue due to the underlying disease or treatments , possible options for management , and the importance of reporting these symptoms should be given to all patients at the initiation of treatment . As to whether RNA supplementation might be beneficial to everyone rather than to those patients of Dr. Atkins who are put on a carbohydrate-limiting diet , it was his opinion that the carbohydrate-limiting diet does not play much role in whether or not RNA is useful .