n. 1  1. Abnormally high alkalinity of the blood and body tissues caused by an excess of bicarbonates, as from an increase in alkali intake, or by or a deficiency of acids other than carbonic acid, as from vomiting. Also called metabolic alkalosis.
In the period before the exclusion, there were 82 closures of family-planning clinics in Texas,5 and the decrease in the number of family-planning clinics was greater in counties without Planned Parenthood affiliates than in those with such affiliates.
Fremont Family Care. Fremont Family Care, a small primary care practice in Fremont, NE is a 2014 HIMSS Community Health Organization Davies Award recipient. Using the EHR, the practice began tracking patients due for preventive care such as mammograms, colonoscopy and an annual physical. The rate of patientsâ age 50-75 that had a colonoscopy rose from 37 percent in the first quarter of 2011 to 70 percent in the second quarter of 2014.