Events

Florida Hospital Finally Swallows Bert Fish Medical Center

May 09, 2016 at 03:56 pm by Staff

NEW SMYRNA BEACH — The news was no April foolin’. After six years of a turbulent courtship, a spoiled engagement, and other relationship foibles, Adventist Health Systems quel.... Read More
Events

Promoting The Doctor’s Law

May 09, 2016 at 03:38 pm by Staff

WINTER PARK — Doctors are ticked off, tired of straddling the abyss between independence or signing on as a hospital employee. Many physicians exhausted by the fight are retir.... Read More
Events

For Poinciana Surgeon, Florida’s Welcome is Warm

May 09, 2016 at 03:33 pm by Staff

After completing her training in the chilly Northeast, Jessica Gielow, DO, has found the warm gratitude of her Florida patients to be a pleasant surprise.“My patients tell me,.... Read More
Events

First Proton Therapy Center Opens in Central Florida

May 09, 2016 at 03:16 pm by Staff

Central Florida has a valuable new tool in the fight against cancer. Orlando Health has officially opened The Marjorie and Leonard Williams Center for Proton Therapy, bringing.... Read More
Events

Building a Medical Facility? Make Sure You’re Up for the Job.

May 09, 2016 at 03:03 pm by Staff

In my hometown of Orlando, medical construction is booming like never before. Both of the region’s major hospital systems are undergoing massive expansion, and the newly creat.... Read More
Clinical

A Look at Cholecystitis

May 09, 2016 at 02:56 pm by Staff

Cholecystitis Acute cholecystitis refers to a syndrome of right upper quadrant pain, fever, and leukocytosis associated with gallbladder inflammation, which is usually related.... Read More
Events

Hard Words to Say

May 09, 2016 at 02:38 pm by Staff

There are several different types of conversations I find myself having with patients facing life-limiting illness. These include:The advanced directive conversation,The deliv.... Read More
Events

Don Henderson, Fache Elected Regent For American College Of Healthcare Executives—Eastern Florida

May 06, 2016 at 04:34 pm by Staff

Don Henderson, FACHE, President and CEO of Central Florida Health Alliance in Leesburg, was recently elected to a three-year term as Regent for Eastern Florida with the Americ.... Read More
Events

Florida Hospital for Women Now Offering Walk-in Mammograms

May 06, 2016 at 04:29 pm by Staff

Florida Hospital for Women is now offering walk-in screening mammograms for women 40 years of age and older. Screening mammograms are a preventative test that check for signs.... Read More
Events

Community Health Centers Opens New Center in Orlando

May 06, 2016 at 04:26 pm by Staff

Community Health Centers Inc. has relocated the Eatonville and Rosemont centers to a brand new medical and dental center in Orlando.  The 16,000+ sq. ft. center, located on Fo.... Read More
Feature Profiles

Nemours CEO Named One of the 2016 50 Most Influential Physician Executives

May 06, 2016 at 04:24 pm by Staff

Dr. David J. Bailey, MD, MBA, president and CEO of Jacksonville-based Nemours Children's Health System has been named by Modern Healthcare Magazine as one of the 50 Most Influ.... Read More
Events

St. Cloud Regional Medical Center Welcomes Adonis Lysandrou, MD

May 06, 2016 at 04:15 pm by Staff

Adonis Lysandrou, MD, has opened a new office in St. Cloud, FL and has joined the medical staff at St. Cloud Regional Medical Center.  Dr. Lysandrou is a board certified physi.... Read More
Events

Lake Nona Families Have a New Pediatric Urgent Care

May 06, 2016 at 04:11 pm by Staff

Families in Southeast Orange County now have access to a board-certified pediatrician at a time when most doctors’ offices are closed.  Nemours Children’s Urgent Care in Lake.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Dr. Phillips, Inc. Unveils New Senior Living and Health Care Campus

May 06, 2016 at 04:06 pm by Staff

With construction now underway, Dr. Phillips, Inc. unveiled much-anticipated details about its Spring Lake Health and Living Campus on 26 acres in the heart of the Dr. Phillip.... Read More
Digital Editions

May 2016 Digital Edition

May 01, 2016 at 10:57 am by Staff

Events

Central Florida Regional Hospital Offers New Technology For Pad

Apr 28, 2016 at 10:26 am by Staff

Central Florida Regional Hospital is the first hospital in Seminole and Volusia Counties to use the new Pantheris™ Atherectomy technology to treat patients facing peripheral a.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Florida Passes Telehealth Legislation

Apr 11, 2016 at 01:50 pm by Staff

After several years of developing telehealth legislation in a state that pioneered the practice at the University of Miami circa 1970, Florida lawmakers almost unanimously pas.... Read More
Business/Technology

AID Grows Strong National Voice for Independent Physicians

Apr 11, 2016 at 01:30 pm by Staff

WINTER PARK -When former Orlando Sentinel senior health reporter Marni Jameson received a call from Winter Park CPAs Tommy Thomas and Carol Zurcher to a dinner meeting mid-201.... Read More
Feature Profiles

Honing Protocols is Focus for Trauma Medical Director

Apr 11, 2016 at 01:14 pm by Staff

If it wasn't for an intense practice as trauma medical director for Central Florida Regional Hospital, Alexander Evans, MD, MBA, might well be driving a race car. "My wife and.... Read More
Business/Technology

Medical Identity Theft Hits All Time High

Apr 11, 2016 at 12:59 pm by Staff

According to Healthcare IT News, the lion's share of identity theft victims can expect to pay upward of $13,500 to resolve a major identity breach. What's more, about 50 perce.... Read More