Grand Rounds

15th Annual Caribbean Health Summit to Provide More Free Health Screenings in Central Florida

Jul 20, 2018 at 09:54 am by Staff

. The Center for Multicultural Wellness and Prevention Inc. will host the 15th Annual Caribbean Health Summit on September 8, 2018 at the Central Florida Fair & Expositio.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Florida Hospital Celebration Health Breaks Ground on New Patient Tower

Jul 19, 2018 at 05:30 pm by Staff

. Florida Hospital Celebration Health today broke ground on a new patient tower, which will allow the hospital to keep pace with increasing demand for health care in fast.... Read More
Feature Profiles

Healthcare Leader: Josie Weiss, PhD

Jul 19, 2018 at 05:13 pm by Staff

. Josie Weiss, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP has a CV that is both expansive and impressive. It chronicles more than 25 years of funded research and published papers focusing on vulner.... Read More
Business/Technology

Staggering Prices Slow Insurers' Coverage Of CAR-T Cancer Therapy

Jul 19, 2018 at 05:00 pm by Staff

. Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News Patients whose blood cancers have failed to respond to repeated rounds of chemotherapy may be candidates for a new type of gene therap.... Read More
Business/Technology

The Challenge of Noncompliance with Medical Recommendations Part 2

Jul 19, 2018 at 12:53 pm by Staff

By Hall B. Whitworth, Jr., MD in Regulatory The assessment of patient compliance is very difficult. Many patients may not want to disappoint their physician and will not.... Read More
Clinical

The Courage to Trust Medical Care to Patients and Physicians

Jul 18, 2018 at 07:33 pm by Staff

. By MARILYN M. SINGLETON, MD, JD . The days of trusting your legislators to have your best interests at heart are in the rear view mirror. Apparently, their main intere.... Read More
Business/Technology

Doctor's Innovative Response to Hospital's Over-billing Patients, Under-paying Doctors Offers Hope

Jul 18, 2018 at 05:27 pm by Staff

. This video of Dr. Keith Smith, founder of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma, which posts all prices and charges far less than hospitals nationwide, will leave you standing an.... Read More
Clinical

St. Cloud Regional Medical Center Announces Plans for Cardiac Catheterization Lab

Jul 18, 2018 at 12:34 pm by Staff

.     St. Cloud Regional Medical Center (SCRMC) is pleased to announce the launch of an Interventional Cardiology (PCI) program as an extension of services curren.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Apopka, Eatonville, and Orlando Named Healthy Community Champions by the Florida Department of Health

Jul 16, 2018 at 04:18 pm by Staff

. The Orange County communities of Apopka, Eatonville and Orlando were among 46 that were recently named Healthy Community Champions by the Florida Department of Health. ..... Read More
Clinical

Lake Nona Launches Customized Wellbeing Mobile App for Residents

Jul 16, 2018 at 04:00 pm by Staff

.       Lake Nona, one of the fastest-growing communities in America and a model for the design of a comprehensive, healthy community, today launched Jiyo.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

In Florida, Midterm Elections Hold Faint Hope For Medicaid Expansion

Jul 16, 2018 at 03:15 pm by Staff

Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News Can the deep-red Florida Statehouse follow Virginia and expand Medicaid? Highly unlikely anytime soon, many state political analysts say. I.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Central Florida Regional Hospital Offers Innovative TCAR Procedure to Treat Carotid Artery Disease

Jul 16, 2018 at 10:44 am by Staff

. Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford now offers a minimally invasive alternative to treat carotid artery disease and prevent future strokes. The new procedure, ca.... Read More
Clinical

Retooled Vaccine Raises Hopes As A Lower-Cost Treatment For Type 1 Diabetes

Jul 15, 2018 at 11:19 pm by Staff

  Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News For Hodalis Gaytan, 20, living with Type 1 diabetes means depending on an assortment of expensive medicines and devices t.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Insurers Fall Short In Catching And Reporting Medicaid Fraud, Inspectors Find

Jul 15, 2018 at 05:34 pm by Staff

  Chad Terhune, Kaiser Health News   Despite receiving billions of dollars in taxpayer money, Medicaid insurers are lax in ferreting out fraud and neglect to tell.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Poinciana Medical Center Partners with Literacy Program in Osceola County

Jul 13, 2018 at 01:49 am by Staff

. Currently, only 53 percent of Osceola County third-grade students read on grade level. In an effort to improve that statistic, Poinciana Medical Center recently partnered wi.... Read More
Clinical

A Hospital's Human Touch: Why Taking Care In Discharging A Patient Matters

Jul 12, 2018 at 08:26 pm by Staff

  Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News The kidney doctor sat next to Judy Garrett's father, looking into his face, her hand on his arm. There are things I can do for you,.... Read More
Independent Physicians

How to Handle Reports from the Prescription Drug Monitoring Database

Jul 12, 2018 at 05:55 pm by Staff

. Fraser Cobbe Orange County Medical Society Seminole County Medical Society Guidance on the appropriate use of reports from E-FORSCE, the Prescription Drug Monitoring Progr.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Orlando Health South Lake Hospital Emergency Room and Medical Pavilion Offer Pre-Opening Tours

Jul 11, 2018 at 03:09 pm by Staff

Orlando Health South Lake Hospital will offer community tours of its newest free-standing emergency department and medical pavilion on Saturday, July 14, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Cornerstone Hospice's Paula Loats to Present "Caring for the Caregiver"

Jul 11, 2018 at 03:06 pm by Staff

. Currently one in nine people age 65 and older have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. This number is expected to double by 2050. With Florida's growing senior citize.... Read More
Business/Technology

The Challenge of Noncompliance with Medical Recommendations Part 1

Jul 11, 2018 at 12:00 pm by Staff

By Hall B. Whitworth, Jr., MD in Regulatory Noncompliance (non-adherence) to medical recommendations can have a significant impact on a patient's overall health quality, res.... Read More