Feature Profiles

Healthcare Leader: Anup Patel, MD, The Gift of Being a Physician

Nov 09, 2017 at 10:56 am by Staff

Anup Patel, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon who established Orlando Plastic Surgery Institute, completed his MD/MBA degrees at Yale University. He received his plastic s.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Physicians Swap Lab Coats for Red Tutus to Run for a Great Cause

Nov 08, 2017 at 03:04 pm by Staff

Nearly three dozen physicians traded their white lab coats for red tutus and raced for a worthy cause at Florida Hospital Orlando on Tuesday. The physicians participated in.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Local Hospitals Receive ACC Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI and Resuscitation Accreditation

Nov 08, 2017 at 02:58 pm by Staff

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has recognized Leesburg Regional Medical Center (LRMC) and The Villages® Regional Hospital (TVRH) for their demonstrated expertise and.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Osceola Regional Medical Center Brings Stroke Treatment Advancements with New Comprehensive Stroke Center

Nov 08, 2017 at 02:53 pm by Staff

Osceola Regional Medical Center now offers a higher level of care for complex stroke cases and becomes the first and only Comprehensive Stroke Center in Osceola County. The a.... Read More
Digital Editions

November 2017 Digital Edition

Nov 08, 2017 at 01:28 pm by Staff

Business/Technology

Healthcare Interoperability- A Must to Revolutionize Value-Based Care

Nov 08, 2017 at 11:29 am by Staff

By Abhinav Shashank I am sure I am not the only one who has lost count of the times I've been asked "Why can't the systems talk to each other?" or, in more technical.... Read More
Business/Technology

Combating MOC Abuses

Nov 07, 2017 at 12:25 am by Staff

By PL JETER The MOC controversy is a David v. Goliath story that may be the most significant corruption story ever uncovered in the history of U.S. medical education....Westb.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation's $100,000 Gift Honors President Hitt

Nov 06, 2017 at 10:32 am by Staff

In the first announced gift honoring UCF President John C. Hitt, who is stepping down in June 2018, the Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation has donated $100,000 to support Grand.... Read More
Clinical

Florida Hospital for Children Partners with Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC to Develop Pediatric Liver Transplant Program

Nov 06, 2017 at 10:21 am by Staff

In order to make lifesaving liver transplants available throughout central and north Florida, Florida Hospital for Children is partnering with Children's Hospital of Pittsburg.... Read More
Feature Profiles

Physician Spotlight: Bethany Ballinger, MBBS, AFRCSEd, FFAEM, FACEP

Nov 05, 2017 at 05:25 pm by Staff

Bethany Ballinger, MBBS, is the Program Director for the University of Central Florida College of Medicine (UCF COM), Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Osceola Regional.... Read More
Business/Technology

Health Companies Race To Catch UnitedHealth As Amazon Laces Up

Nov 03, 2017 at 07:59 pm by Staff

  Chad Terhune, Kaiser Health News As soon as news surfaced last week about the potential merger of CVS Health and Aetna, all eyes turned to the looming threat from Ama.... Read More
Clinical

New 'Instructions' Could Let Dementia Patients Refuse Spoon-Feeding

Nov 03, 2017 at 07:52 pm by Staff

  JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News People who abhor the thought of being kept alive with feeding tubes or other types of artificial nutrition and hydration have, for y.... Read More
Clinical

New Drug Enables Infants with Genetic Disorder to Live Longer, Gain Motor Function

Nov 03, 2017 at 02:00 am by Staff

Infants with the most severe form of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) were more likely to show gains in motor function and were 47 percent more likely to survive without permane.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

House Tax Bill Would Scrap Deduction For Medical Expenses

Nov 03, 2017 at 01:49 am by Staff

  Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News The tax bill unveiled by Republicans in the House on Thursday would not, as had been rumored, eliminate the tax penalty for failure t.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

House Republicans Aim To Yank Tax Credits For Orphan Drugs

Nov 02, 2017 at 11:03 pm by Staff

  Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News As part of a sweeping tax reform bill, House Republicans on Thursday proposed eliminating billions of dollars in corporate tax.... Read More
Clinical

Poll: Americans Avoid Planning For Serious Illness

Nov 02, 2017 at 10:51 pm by Staff

Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News "I'll deal with it tomorrow. The perpetual tomorrow." That's what one person told a pollster, encapsulating how Americans avoid planning a.... Read More
Independent Physicians

Physician Associations Across the Region to Host A November 11 Legislative Roundtable

Nov 02, 2017 at 10:41 pm by Staff

Fraser Cobbe Orange County Medical Society, Seminole County Medical Society With Committee Meetings already underway in Tallahassee the OCMS and SCMS are organizing a Legislat.... Read More
Business/Technology

International Expert Gil Penalosa Shares Ideas on Building Healthy Cities with Local Leaders

Oct 31, 2017 at 12:30 pm by Staff

If local leaders want to make Central Florida streets safer and people healthier, they must intentionally design roads and civic spaces that encourage activity for all ages,.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Roaring Twenties Celebration Commemorates Twenty Years of Caring People, Caring for People

Oct 31, 2017 at 09:20 am by Staff

The nostalgia of the Roaring 20's returned to Central Florida on Saturday, October 28, 2017 as nearly 600 guests helped commemorate Shepherd's Hope's 20th anniversary by atten.... Read More
Clinical

Millennials Embrace Nursing Profession -- Just In Time To Replace Baby Boomers

Oct 29, 2017 at 07:57 pm by Staff

  Michelle Andrews Kaiser Health News The days are long past when the only career doors that readily opened to young women were those marked teacher, secretary or nurs.... Read More