Business/Technology

COVID-19 Product Exchange Site for Healthcare Providers and Suppliers Launched

Jun 18, 2020 at 10:35 am by pj

HMMC, the Healthcare Manufacturers Management Council, a U.S. trade association whose members are U.S. manufacturers of a wide variety of healthcare products, announced the la.... Read More

Health Workers Resort To Etsy, Learning Chinese, Shady Deals To Find Safety Gear

Jun 16, 2020 at 02:01 pm by pj

(KHN Illustration; Photo courtesy of Ian Smith)   Eli Cahan and Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News  A director of safety-net clinics in Florida learned basic Chines.... Read More

Federal Help Falters As Nursing Homes Run Short Of Protective Equipment

Jun 16, 2020 at 01:55 pm by pj

(Courtesy of Pamela Black)   Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News  Around the country, nursing homes trying to protect their residents from the coronavirus eagerly awai.... Read More

Agena Bioscience Announces EUA for High-Throughput, Low-Cost SARS-CoV-2 Panel

Jun 16, 2020 at 01:34 pm by pj

  Agena Bioscience, a global provider of low cost and high-throughput molecular testing solutions, today announced the launch of the iPLEX® Pro SARS-CoV-2 Panel.... Read More

New Cath Lab Opens at South Seminole Hospital

Jun 15, 2020 at 12:25 pm by pj

Physicians and administrators from Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital and Longwood Mayor Matt Morgan (third from left, second row) gathered to cut the ribbon on a new cath.... Read More

SBA and Treasury Announce New Guidance on the Paycheck Protection Program  

Jun 15, 2020 at 10:35 am by pj

  WASHINGTON—The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, issued new and revised guidance for the Paycheck Pro.... Read More

How to be Successful Closing Online Leads if Insurance Doesn’t Cover the Cost

Jun 09, 2020 at 08:05 pm by pj

By QUINTIN L. GUNN, SR.   In most cases the least paid person can have the biggest impact on the practice. Why do we say this? Often the person answering the phone is.... Read More

The Elevator Arises As The Latest Logjam In Getting Back To Work

Jun 09, 2020 at 06:11 pm by pj

(Hannah Norman/KHN Illustration)   Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News When the American Medical Association moved its headquarters to a famous Chicago skyscraper in 2013.... Read More

For EMTs, There’s No ‘Rule Book’ For Facing A Pandemic And Protests At Once

Jun 09, 2020 at 06:05 pm by pj

    Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News  Emergency medical services across the country, already burdened by the high demands of COVID-19, have faced.... Read More

When A Doctor No Longer Accepts Medicare, Patients Left Holding The Bag

Jun 09, 2020 at 06:00 pm by pj

(Hannah Norman/KHN Illustration)   Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News  Pneumonia. Heart problems. High cholesterol. Betsy Carrier, 71, and her husband,.... Read More

Society Is Reopening. Prepare To Hunker Down At Home Again.

Jun 09, 2020 at 05:44 pm by pj

  Bernard J. Wolfson, Kaiser Health News Even before the May 25 killing of George Floyd in police custody drew large crowds of protesters into the streets of U.S. citie.... Read More

Rapid Changes to Health System Spurred by COVID Might Be Here to Stay

Jun 08, 2020 at 07:38 pm by pj

  Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News The U.S. health care system is famously resistant to government-imposed change. It took decades to create Medicare and Medicaid, most.... Read More

Susan R. Bailey, MD, Inaugurated 175th President of the AMA

Jun 07, 2020 at 05:00 pm by pj

Texas allergist becomes third consecutive woman to hold office Susan R. Bailey, MD, an allergist from Fort Worth, was sworn in as the 175th president of the American Med.... Read More

UCF Moves Up in Ranking of Top 100 Universities Worldwide for Securing Patents

Jun 04, 2020 at 02:19 pm by pj

The work of two College of Medicine researchers helped UCF earn a ranking among the top 100 universities in the world when it comes to securing patents, for the se.... Read More

In Hard-Hit Areas, COVID’s Ripple Effects Strain Mental Health Care Systems

Jun 04, 2020 at 01:55 pm by pj

    Cheryl Platzman Weinstock, Kaiser Health News In late March, Marcell’s girlfriend took him to the emergency room at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital, about.... Read More

Hype Collides with Science as FDA Tries to Rein in Wild West of COVID Blood Tests

Jun 04, 2020 at 01:41 pm by pj

    JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News and Anna Maria Barry-Jester  “Save your business while saving lives,” reads the website of Because Health,.... Read More

Opinion: COVID-19 Pandemic Highlights the Need for Primary Care Physicians

Jun 04, 2020 at 12:11 pm by pj

By DR. DAVID REICHERT      Dwindling reliance on primary care physicians is burdening health care system and limiting care resources   &.... Read More

Integrating Behavioral Health Services into Medical Practices Faces Barriers

Jun 02, 2020 at 01:29 pm by pj

    Integrating behavioral health services into physician medical practices raises cultural and financial barriers, but providing technical suppo.... Read More

East Orlando Chamber of Commerce: Recharging and Re-opening

Jun 02, 2020 at 12:37 am by pj

By DOROTHY HARDEE   We have gone from a statewide stay at home order to reopening the state ever so slowly. Restaurants, retail stores, hair salons and gyms are open to.... Read More

Lack of Agents Plaguing Insurance Industry Mid-COVID-19

Jun 01, 2020 at 11:24 pm by pj

By DAVE RICH Across the country, seemingly every person has been a victim somehow of the novel coronavirus crisis—especially in the healthcare industry. Whether it be t.... Read More