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Banking Blood
FBC Aims to Give Community Blood Supply Shot in the Arm
Incentives, promotional campaigns, education partnerships, and other marketing initiatives are underway to boost the community's blood supply in Central Florida.
LYNNE JETER |
Meeting at Home
During the month of May alone, Orlando will host 32,350 professionals – forensic veterinary specialists, bike riders, chief financial officers, psychologists, emergency nurses and clinical oncologists – gathering for medical meetings.
LYNNE JETER |
Looking Ahead on the Job
Florida Hospital Waterman CNO Rosemary Reiner Hits Ground Running
In February, Rosemary Reiner joined Florida Hospital Waterman as vice president and chief nursing officer.
LYNNE JETER |
Giving Back
From Orlando to Haiti, SCMS Members Make Volunteering Impact
For a dozen years, Thomas Kelley, MD, practiced family medicine in Atlanta, where he founded The Good Shepherd Clinic, a free clinic for the uninsured, and developed The Georgia Free Clinic Network, a thriving pipeline of information that keeps healthcare providers abreast of free clinic activities and needs statewide.
LYNNE JETER |
Medical Spas – Legal Considerations for Physicians
Given the recent third-party reimbursement cuts and increasing overhead issues facing physicians, more doctors are seeking alternative sources of revenue outside the traditional practice of medicine. Many are turning to medical spas to offer their patients healthcare goods and services that are not covered by third-party payors and for which they may charge a higher fee schedule and accept cash payments. However, when entering into the medical spa arena, a physician must determine whether the facility is a physician’s office or a cosmetology/beauty parlor.
MICHAEL R. LOWE |
Do You Know Where to Get Your Travel Immunizations?
Many people travel out of the country to remote, third world countries for either fun or for work. Although many diseases have been eradicated in the United States there are still several countries where these diseases thrive. Many may not know that in order to protect their health they should get certain immunizations before engaging in their travels. The Seminole County Health Department is one of the few places in Seminole County that offers those travel immunizations.
Seminole County Health Department |
Top Ten Things to Remember when Space Planning for That New Office
Opening that new office is one of the most anticipated events for a physician or group of physicians. It gives them an opportunity to start fresh with a new office and redesign their work flow. Space planning is extremely important since it is where new layouts can lead to increased efficiency and productivity and can be a wonderful time to make those changes they've always wanted, but those changes are extremely important as many doctors will be in that space for 10 or more years.
SHANNON HERRING |
And Baby Makes Fourteen
Suleman Case Shines Public Spotlight on Reproductive TechnologiesIn the late 1970s, a popular television show led us to believe that "Eight is Enough." Fast forward to 2009, and the resulting furor over the "octomom" seems to indicate that eight is actually way too many.
CINDY SANDERS |
| Health Information Technology Focus |
Educating Tomorrow's Public Health Professionals
"One problem we face in public health is that people really don't understand public health." Yet, people are catching on fast, and the evidence is in the number of higher education institutions offering public-health degrees.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Samuel Martin, MD
From an early age, Samuel Martin seemed destined to follow in the footsteps of his ancestors.
His dad was the first head of the Department of Medicine at the University of Florida and his mother was an anesthesiologist in private practice. His grandfather and great uncle were physicians, as were his great grandfather and his father’s brother.
LYNNE JETER |
BEST PRACTICE: Antos Environmental
Resolving To Reduce
For many Americans, spring is the unofficial Diet Season, when thousands of us resolve to lose our unhealthy, unsightly extra weight before summer arrives. Anyone who has every tried to drop those stubborn pounds, knows that the biggest challenge in slimming down isn't knowing what to do (eat less, move more) but rather how to make ourselves do it. To succeed, we have to commit to permanent lifestyle changes, not just a diet. As a waste management consultant to the healthcare industry for the past 20 years – and a guy who's had to lose a few "spare tires" – I can tell you that the same principle applies to trimming our nation's excess weight in trash. Getting a facility to reduce its institutional waste is a lot like getting a person to reduce their waist. Success requires a behavioral transformation that begins first with know-how, but ultimately results in action. New action guided by better choices.
Anthony Schifano |
BEST PRACTICE: Vascular Vein Centers
Pregnancy and Leg HealthPregnancy in a woman’s life is not only one of the most wonderful experiences she will have but also one of the most challenging. It is unique and miraculous. The physiologic changes in a woman’s body are phenomenal and often under appreciated. Although there are other risk factors for the development of varicose veins, pregnancy is the most significant. It also represents a significant risk for deep and superficial venous thrombosis in otherwise very healthy young women in the prime of life.
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Metastatic Brain Tumors
Cerebral metastases are the most common brain tumors that are clinically encountered, making up just over half of brain tumors. The annual incidence of new cases is over 100,000. Cerebral metastasis is seen in 20-40% of cancer patients. The increasing number of new cases may be a consequence of extended survival of cancer patients due to improvements in the treatment of systemic cancer, as well as detection with enhanced imaging techniques with CT and MRI. These lesions can present as solitary lesions or as multiple lesions disseminated throughout the brain, typically occurring at the grey-white junction. The most common locations from which these lesions metastasize include the lung, breast, kidney, gastrointestinal system, and skin (melanoma). Approximately 10% come from an undetermined source.
Dr. Rafael Allende |
Is Your Patient Suffering From IT Band
Leading an active lifestyle is a great way for patients to stay healthy. Unfortunately, being active can result in a sports injury. One of the more common problems with the knee is iliotibial (IT) band syndrome.
What is the IT band?
Sean McFadden, DO |
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