Back in Session
FMA Preps for 2010 Legislative Agenda
TALLAHASSEE—Fresh from significant legislative victories in the Florida Legislature’s 2009 session—most notably the controversial Assignment of Benefits bill approved by the governor last June—the Florida Medical Association (FMA) is preparing for challenges in the 2010 session.
LYNNE JETER |
Burnham Team Focuses on Orexin
Hormone Impacts Obesity, Diabetes and Cancer
Devanjan Sikder was studying how metabolism impacts sleep and weight control when he stumbled across some very interesting research involving orexin.
Sikder began investigating how orexin—a hypothalamic neuropeptide—regulates metabolism, sleep patterns and feeding behavior, and the role that hunger plays in the regulation of fat metabolism and insulin secretion.
LYNNE JETER |
Marketing 101 for Docs
Sometime in recent memory, I’m not exactly sure when, physicians discovered that they actually needed to market themselves lest they let new business in the form of patients fall into the hands of competing practices.
At least some did.
BUD BREWER |
RX for the BOTTOM LINE: Choosing the Right Branch Boosts Bottom Line
In a slowing economy, medical practices may reduce their operating expenses by delegating a portion of essential functions to an infrastructure that will result in lower costs and higher revenue—an infrastructure that can be seen as an extension of your practice.
That infrastructure is an organization with your best interest at heart, one whose bottom line is tied to your success.
MINERVA DEJESUS and AURIANA REYES |
Macular Degeneration: The Loss of Central Vision
Macular degeneration also known as ARMD, is the leading cause of vision loss among patients who are 65 and older. ARMD is degeneration of the macula, which is the part of the retina responsible for the sharp, central vision needed to read, drive and recognize faces. The blurred vision is central and does not affect side vision, so it does not lead to complete blindness.
MONT JAY CARTWRIGHT, MD |
Actively Decreasing Infant Mortality in Seminole County
In response to rising infant mortality rates, the Seminole County Health Department (SCHD) has embarked on a new strategy of providing comprehensive prenatal care for county residents. The system that had been in place since the late 1980s only provided care to the uninsured and Medicaid pregnant women for the first 26 weeks at the health department. Then patients were referred to local doctors who provided the final stages of care, delivery and the post-partum visit.
Seminole County Health Department |
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