Clinical

A New Zika Threat Hovers As Summer's Mosquitoes Get Bzzzzy

Jun 01, 2017 at 06:55 pm by Staff

Shefali Luthra and Carmen Heredia Rodriguez Kaiser Health News   Zika, the mosquito-borne virus that triggered public health alarm bells last summer, has receded from.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Florida Hospital Gifts Building Housing Pediatric Clinic to Community Health Centers, Inc.

Jun 01, 2017 at 06:13 pm by Staff

Florida Hospital today gifted a 6,500-square-foot building housing a pediatric clinic to Community Health Centers, Inc. Community Health Centers (CHC) has operated the clin.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Cornerstone Hospice's Case Management Model Receives Award of Excellence

Jun 01, 2017 at 06:07 pm by Staff

Cornerstone Hospice and Palliative Care has received an Excellence in Program Innovation Award from the Florida Hospice and Palliative Care Association (FHPCA) for its "7-day.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Promising New Treatment For Pancreatic Cancer Comes to Orlando Health

Jun 01, 2017 at 05:59 pm by Staff

Oncologists at UF Health Cancer Center Orlando Health are deploying NanoKnife® as a new weapon in the battle against pancreatic cancer. NanoKnife® gives patients.... Read More
Business/Technology

Lake-Sumter Medical Society News Briefs

Jun 01, 2017 at 04:47 pm by Staff

LSMS Signs with E&M Consulting, Inc. for First Annual Membership Directory The Lake-Sumter Medical Society is pleased to announce their first annual Membership Directory.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Jess Parrish Medical Foundation and Parrish Medical Center Auxiliary Awards 21 Scholarships for a Brighter Future

Jun 01, 2017 at 03:30 pm by Staff

TITUSVILLE, FLA, June 1, 2017--Jess Parrish Medical Foundation (JPMF) and Parrish Medical Center (PMC) Auxiliary awarded $36,500 in scholarships to 21 high school and colleg.... Read More
Business/Technology

Health Plan Satisfaction Driven by Coordination of Care with Providers, J.D. Power Finds

Jun 01, 2017 at 03:26 pm by Staff

  May 25, 2017 - Coordination of care among healthcare providers is the single most important criteria influencing member satisfaction with their health plan, according.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

California's New Single-Payer Proposal Embraces Some Costly Old Ways

Jun 01, 2017 at 09:39 am by Staff

Chad Terhune Kaiser Health News   Three of the dirtiest words in health care are "fee for service." For years, U.S. officials have sought to move Medicare away from p.... Read More
Business/Technology

Molina Healthcare, A Top Obamacare Insurer, Investigates Breach Of Patients' Data

May 29, 2017 at 09:57 am by Staff

Chad Terhune Kaiser Health News Molina Healthcare, a major insurer in Medicaid and state exchanges across the country, has shut down its online patient portal as it investig.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

A Busy Week For Health: Budget Cuts, CBO Scores And Mitch McConnell's Cryptic Signal

May 28, 2017 at 09:56 am by Staff

Kaiser Health News It was a hectic week for people who follow news about health politics. Kaiser Health News veteran reporters Mary Agnes Carey and Julie Rovner sat down to d.... Read More
Clinical

Influx Of Elderly Patients Forces ER To Practice Comfort Care

May 26, 2017 at 07:26 am by Staff

Melissa Bailey Kaiser Health News A man sobbed in a New York emergency room. His elderly wife, who suffered from advanced dementia, had just had a breathing tube stuck down.... Read More
Independent Physicians

Legislature Takes Action to Address Controlled Substances

May 25, 2017 at 05:48 pm by Staff

Fraser Cobbe Orange County Medical Society Seminole County Medical Society The Florida Legislature spent considerable time during the 2017 Legislative Session debating.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Review 2017 Program Requirements on the EHR Incentive Programs Website

May 25, 2017 at 10:35 am by Staff

Returning EPs in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program Eligible professionals (EPs) who demonstrated meaningful use successfully in a prior year for the Medicare EHR Incentive Pr.... Read More
Business/Technology

How Care Coordination Helps in Population Health Management?

May 25, 2017 at 03:39 am by Staff

By ABHINAV SHASHANK Emma Jones, 67 was diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes and morbid obesity five years ago and had always faced issues managing her HbA1c levels and morbid obesit.... Read More
Business/Technology

Putting A Lid On Waste

May 24, 2017 at 09:19 am by Staff

Chad Terhune Kaiser Health News   It's common knowledge in medicine: Doctors routinely order tests on hospital patients that are unnecessary and wasteful. Sutter Healt.... Read More
Business/Technology

How to Promote Your Patient Portal

May 23, 2017 at 09:48 pm by Staff

There is a growing problem related to patient portals, and it has to do with patient portal promotion. This white paper contains a walk-through guide to help practice.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

California Wants to Go Statewide Single-Payer

May 23, 2017 at 08:46 pm by Staff

Chad Terhune Kaiser Health News   A proposed single-payer health system in California would cost about $400 billion annually, with up to half of that money coming from.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

GOP's Health Bill Could Undercut Some Coverage In Job-Based Insurance

May 23, 2017 at 12:14 pm by Staff

Michelle Andrews Kaiser Health News This week, I answer questions about how the Republican proposal to overhaul the health law could affect job-based insurance and what the.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Orlando Health Announces New ER and Pavilion for City of Lake Mary

May 23, 2017 at 11:47 am by Staff

The City of Lake Mary and Orlando Health announced plans to bring a new emergency room and medical pavilion to the community. The $42 million, 30-acre project will be part of.... Read More
Feature Profiles

What Physician Leadership Means Now - And Why it Matters

May 21, 2017 at 04:05 pm by Staff

FMA CEO Timothy J. Stapleton has worked closely with state and national physician leaders in organized medicine for more than 20 years. In the following Q&A, he discusse.... Read More