clinician
a physician or other qualified person who is involved in the treatment and observation of living patients, as distinguished from one engaged in research.
a person who teaches or conducts sessions at a clinic.
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Some medical experts argue that the list of radiographic markers that it tells clinicians to look for may not include all the possible physical sources of pain within a more diverse population.
AI could make healthcare fairer—by helping us believe what patients say | Karen Hao | January 22, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewWe’ve already seen a massive uptick in digital mental health solutions with about 76% of clinicians solely treating patients via telemedicine.
Prioritizing tech in 2021 will be the path to pandemic recovery for mental health | Walter Thompson | January 7, 2021 | TechCrunchGlenn Wortmann, director of infectious diseases at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, said in a statement that clinicians are “managing well” and prepared for a post-holiday spike in cases.
As covid-19 hospitalizations hit new highs, Northam takes steps to speed vaccinations | Jenna Portnoy, Gregory S. Schneider | January 6, 2021 | Washington PostWe leave that to the discretion of the clinicians at the hospitals to determine what is essential and what is not.
Inside the Scramble to Keep Hospitals Functioning | Will Huntsberry | January 4, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoDemand for travel clinicians who take temporary assignments is extremely high.
Nearly twice as many Americans are hospitalized right now with COVID-19 than in spring | Rachel King | December 22, 2020 | Fortune
But for adults, who better to make the call than a sophisticated, caring clinician with deep clinical experience?
Romney, on the other hand, seems to approach policy decisions like a clinician.
GOP Loses a Passionate Conservative With Rick Santorum’s Exit | Patricia Murphy | April 11, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTFrancois Bichat, born in 1771, earned high rank both as a clinician and an anatomist.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine | Roswell ParkHe was the godfather of typhoid fever, and from being a famous clinician became later a great pathologist.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine | Roswell ParkThe entire subject of adenomyoma is dealt with from the standpoint of the pathologist, the clinician, and the surgeon.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman StelwagonNot the anatomist, not the physiologist, but only the clinician is in the position to discuss these problems.
Histology of the Blood | Paul EhrlichIt is obviously wholly insufficient for a clinician to report that the use of a mixture was followed by good results.
British Dictionary definitions for clinician
/ (klɪˈnɪʃən) /
a physician, psychiatrist, etc, who specializes in clinical work as opposed to one engaged in laboratory or experimental studies
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