North Central Florida Local News

High Obesity Rates in Southern States Magnify Covid Threat

Mar 11, 2021 at 11:58 am by pj

  By Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News  In January, as Mississippi health officials planned for their incoming shipments of covid-19 vaccine, they assesse.... Read More

HCA Healthcare North Florida Division Appoints Kristin Dyer, MHA, as Chief Financial Officer

Mar 11, 2021 at 10:26 am by Melissa

HCA Healthcare North Florida Division announced the appointment of Kristin Dyer, MHA, as Chief Financial Officer. With more than 18 years of experience in healthcare finance,.... Read More

Testing Quarantined Students Before Returning to School Helps Prevent Asymptomatic Cases from Re-entering Classroom

Mar 11, 2021 at 10:23 am by pj

  By Jill Pease Many high school students on day nine or later of their COVID-19 quarantine period tested positive for the virus, a University of Florida study publishe.... Read More

Pfizer’s Newest Vaccine Plant Has Persistent Mold Issues, History of Recalls

Mar 11, 2021 at 12:59 am by pj

  By Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News  Pfizer’s management knew last year there was “a mold issue” at the Kansas facility now sla.... Read More

What Childhood Vaccine Rates Can, and Can’t, Teach Us About Covid Vaccines

Mar 11, 2021 at 12:50 am by pj

  By Rae Ellen Bichell, Kaiser Health News   Polls show Americans are increasingly interested in getting vaccinated against covid-19, but such surveys are l.... Read More

CMS Updates Nursing Home Guidance with Revised Visitation Recommendations

Mar 10, 2021 at 06:35 pm by pj

  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), issued updated guidance for nursing.... Read More

AdventHealth Relaunches WholeMe Genomic Study with Screening for Additional Markers

Mar 10, 2021 at 10:28 am by pj

  In this new phase of the statewide study, participants will be screened for traits linked to hereditary cardiovascular disease, as well as breast, ovarian and colon ca.... Read More

New President Set to Take Over Orlando Health Cancer Institute

Mar 09, 2021 at 07:44 pm by pj

    Margo Shoup, MD, MBA, FACS will join Orlando Health as the new president of Orlando Health Cancer Institute and vice president of Orlando Health, where she wil.... Read More

Orlando Health Nursing Program Receives National Accreditation

Mar 09, 2021 at 04:44 pm by pj

    Orlando Health announced that its Orlando Health Registered Nurse Residency program has received accreditation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (A.... Read More

The AMA Disability Plan is NOT Own Specialty

Mar 09, 2021 at 12:37 pm by pj

  By NICK TRAWINSKI   AMA Insurance Website According to the AMA website, the AMA plan contains a preferred definition of disability called ‘own-speci.... Read More

Without a Pandemic Safety Net, Immigrants Living in US Illegally Fall Through the Cracks

Mar 09, 2021 at 09:47 am by pj

  By LJ Dawson, Kaiser Health News Ana’s 9-year-old son was the first in the family to come down with symptoms that looked like covid-19 last March. Soon aft.... Read More

Push Is On for States to Ban Organ Transplant Discrimination

Mar 08, 2021 at 07:48 pm by pj

  By Sara Reardon, Kaiser Health News Griffin Dalrymple is an energetic 7-year-old who loves going to school in Eureka, Montana. But two years ago, the boy describ.... Read More

Biden’s Criticism of Trump Team’s Vaccine Contracts Is a Stretch

Mar 08, 2021 at 07:31 pm by pj

  By Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News   “When I came into office, the prior administration had contracted for not nearly enough vaccine to cover adu.... Read More

The Importance of AI and Resolution-centered Customer Care in the Healthcare Industry

Mar 08, 2021 at 03:54 pm by pj

  By BECKY WATKINS   The healthcare industry has seen a drastic shift in its operations and communications over the last seven months. Since the beginning of.... Read More

AdventHealth, Seminole County Open Doors of Innovative Treatment Center for Opioid Addiction

Mar 08, 2021 at 03:45 pm by pj

    The Hope & Healing Center in Sanford, part of a wide-ranging partnership between AdventHealth and Seminole County to address the opioid crisis, offers a ra.... Read More

Your Reputation Precedes You

Mar 06, 2021 at 12:36 am by pj

Four tips for Online Reputation Management   By PAULA WYATT   It is true in healthcare, in life, and in business that a milligram of prevention is worth a kilogr.... Read More

Pandemic Fatigue: Its Real and Affecting Us All 

Mar 06, 2021 at 12:19 am by pj

  By APRIL BOYKIN   Exhausted? Distracted? Experiencing brain fog?  Sad or lonely?  A year into the pandemic and we are all frayed around the edges. Dis.... Read More

In Other Words: Reducing Maternal and Infant Healthcare Disparities Is On Us

Mar 05, 2021 at 04:52 pm by pj

  This month we shine the spotlight on Dr. Meg Prado, President of Women’s and Children’s Services at Envision Healthcare, a leading national medical group..... Read More

Are Your COVID-19 Disinfection Efforts Backfiring? 

Mar 05, 2021 at 12:15 pm by pj

  By MEAGHAN HISLOP    Your current COVID-19 disinfecting practices may be making things worse, even if you think you’re doing everything “right..... Read More

UF Health Names Chief Medical Officer for Central Florida Division

Mar 04, 2021 at 04:27 pm by pj

By Frank Faust The Villages®, Fla  — Kevin E. Behrns, M.D., has been appointed chief medical officer for University of Florida Health Central Florida. In his.... Read More