North Central Florida Local News

AMA Recognizes Health Systems that Care for the Caregivers

Oct 07, 2021 at 10:27 am by pj

AMA recognizes Orlando Health   As half of health care workers report burnout amid COVID-19, AMA acknowledges achievements that improve joy in medicine The American Me.... Read More

OSHA's COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard: What Healthcare Employers Need to Know

Oct 06, 2021 at 07:12 pm by pj

By MEGAN R. HEIDEN   On June 21, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a set of emergency temporary standards addressing the manner i.... Read More

Major Insurers Running Billions of Dollars Behind on Payments to Hospitals and Doctors

Oct 06, 2021 at 06:41 pm by pj

By Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News    Anthem Blue Cross, the country’s second-biggest health insurance company, is behind on billions of dollars in paym.... Read More

What Physicians Need to Know about Engaged Aftercare Treatment

Oct 05, 2021 at 01:24 pm by pj

Rich Jones, MA, MBA, LCAS, SAP   Early dropout from drug treatment continues to be a widespread problem, limiting overall treatment effectiveness, increasing the li.... Read More

Student Nurses Who Refuse Vaccination Struggle to Complete Degrees

Oct 05, 2021 at 11:52 am by pj

By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News Kaitlyn Hevner expects to complete a 15-month accelerated nursing program at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville in D.... Read More

Covid Is Killing Rural Americans at Twice the Rate of Urbanites

Oct 05, 2021 at 10:07 am by pj

By Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News Rural Americans are dying of covid at more than twice the rate of their urban counterparts — a divide that health experts say.... Read More

Physicians Society of Central Florida Expresses Continued Need to Mandate Masks in Schools

Oct 04, 2021 at 07:18 pm by pj

  Launches Online Tool to Assist the Community   ORLANDO – Based on updated data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) related to.... Read More

Marion County Covid Positivity Rate Falls Below 10 Percent for the First Time Since July

Oct 04, 2021 at 07:04 pm by pj

  OCALA —The Department of Health in Marion County continues to offer the third shot of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to Marion County’s immunocompromised.... Read More

Florida Renal Association Free Educational Webinar

Oct 04, 2021 at 10:25 am by pj

AdventHealth Expands Emergency Care into Belleview Community

Oct 03, 2021 at 12:36 am by pj

  AdventHealth Belleview ER will be the hospital system’s second standalone emergency room (ER) in Marion County.     Leaders at AdventHealth cut.... Read More

Administration Advances Key Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills

Oct 03, 2021 at 12:31 am by pj

  Rule Adds Patient Protections Against Surprise Medical Billing and Outlines the Process for Health Insurance Issuers and Providers to Determine Costs Under the No Surp.... Read More

Study Finds 30 Percent of Registered Nurses at Risk for Leaving their Organization

Sep 30, 2021 at 03:27 pm by pj

Flight Risk Analysis of 100,000 U.S.-based healthcare workers underscores the importance of addressing the nurse staffing crisis   BOSTON, September 30, 2021 &mda.... Read More

Biosimilar Drugs Are Cheaper Than Biologics. Are They Similar Enough to Switch?

Sep 28, 2021 at 02:06 pm by pj

By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News It took years for Elle Moxley to get a diagnosis that explained her crippling gastrointestinal pain, digestion problems, fa.... Read More

A Daily Pill to Treat Covid Could Be Just Months Away, Scientists Say

Sep 28, 2021 at 02:00 pm by pj

By JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News Within a day of testing positive for covid-19 in June, Miranda Kelly was sick enough to be scared. At 44, with diabetes and high blo.... Read More

Senior Scam Alert - Keeping our Patients Safe

Sep 28, 2021 at 01:37 pm by pj

  By APRIL BOYKIN   In the medical profession, we frequently field questions, complaints, or even tales of woe from our patients who are victims of fraud. It is e.... Read More

Are we Winning or Losing the FIGHT against Covid-19? 

Sep 28, 2021 at 01:26 pm by pj

  By KEITH W. THOMAS    Tools  “Buildings can be a tool in the fight to control infectious diseases,” said Joseph Allen, director.... Read More

Does Your Practice Need to Start a Blog?

Sep 28, 2021 at 01:11 pm by pj

  By JENNIFER CERNA    Everyone today knows what a blog is. But with so many out there, have you ever wondered, “why should I start a blog?&r.... Read More

But We Have an In-House IT Guy!

Sep 28, 2021 at 01:06 pm by pj

  By JAMES GENTRY   One of our biggest challenges as an IT firm (we are also known as Managed Service Providers, or MSPs) is convincing businesses that they reall.... Read More

Orlando Health Receives 14 National Recognitions from American Heart Association

Sep 24, 2021 at 02:05 pm by pj

  Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando Health South Lake Hospital and Bayfro nt Health St. Petersburg were aw.... Read More

Study: Cannabis Patients See Improvement in Pain Management, PTSD, and Sleep

Sep 24, 2021 at 01:00 pm by pj

  By MICHAEL C. PATTERSON   A new study involving patients, mostly over 50 years old, shows improvements in the symptoms caused by chronic pain, post-traumatic st.... Read More