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a medical professional who works directly with patients rather than in a laboratory or as a researcher
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Recent Examples of clinicians
Real change happens when clinicians in this industry show up to engage with community, policy, research translation and public perception.
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Sonia Singh, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
In healthcare, for example, AI should process vast data sets so clinicians can focus on patients.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
To most clinicians, including Hawkins at the time, such patients seem like classic Type 1 cases.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, individual clinicians are concerned that this could have adverse effects on pregnant women's health and the health of their unborn children.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
West Virginia is a rural state with limited health-care infrastructure; many families don’t have easy access to clinicians, and vaccination requirements create an impetus to engage with the medical system.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025
Issuing a health advisory alerts clinicians to consider Ebola in patients who have concerning symptoms and who have recently traveled to infected areas.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
For that reason, some clinicians have experimented with off-label, low-dose rapamycin to try to slow aging.
—New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
That support, many clinicians say, has changed the tenor of the doctor-patient relationship.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025
Sonia Singh, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
In healthcare, for example, AI should process vast data sets so clinicians can focus on patients.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
To most clinicians, including Hawkins at the time, such patients seem like classic Type 1 cases.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, individual clinicians are concerned that this could have adverse effects on pregnant women's health and the health of their unborn children.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
West Virginia is a rural state with limited health-care infrastructure; many families don’t have easy access to clinicians, and vaccination requirements create an impetus to engage with the medical system.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025
Issuing a health advisory alerts clinicians to consider Ebola in patients who have concerning symptoms and who have recently traveled to infected areas.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
For that reason, some clinicians have experimented with off-label, low-dose rapamycin to try to slow aging.
—New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
That support, many clinicians say, has changed the tenor of the doctor-patient relationship.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinicians
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Sepsis among children is a very difficult and elusive problem for physicians to diagnose and treat, with almost 10% of cases being missed in the emergency room.—
Dr. Marc Siegel , Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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About a third of H-1B workers are nurses, teachers, physicians, scholars, priests and pastors, according to the lawsuit.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
5 Oct. 2025
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Ascension Wisconsin patients insured by UnitedHealthcare are scrambling to find new doctors or rearrange their health care plans, after contract negotiations between the health system and insurer failed.—
Sarah Volpenhein,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The conjoined twins, originally born in Mexico, have defied odds through the years and have lived far past doctors' expectations, PEOPLE previously reported.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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Halvorson was pulled from the burning debris in less than two minutes and rushed to waiting medics and flown in a CareFlite helicopter to Parkland Hospital in Dallas, with significant injuries.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Oct. 2025
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Officers sealed the wounds and performed CPR until medics arrived and transported him to Regions Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Clinicians.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinicians. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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