North Central Florida Local News

AdventHealth Waterman Names New Director of Finance

Dec 07, 2019 at 05:48 pm by pj

  AdventHealth Waterman has selected Mario Duncombe to serve as the director of finance.   In his new role, Duncombe is responsible for providing financial servic.... Read More

CBD and Baby Boomers

Dec 07, 2019 at 01:59 am by pj

By CONNIE ORTIZ Are you part of this amazing generation known as the Baby Boomers? Baby Boomers grew up during a period of prosperity. Present day baby boomers control 70 per.... Read More

CMS Office of the Actuary Releases 2018 National Health Expenditures

Dec 05, 2019 at 04:57 pm by pj

Total national healthcare spending in 2018 grew 4.6 percent, which was slower than the 5.4 percent overall economic growth as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP), accordi.... Read More

Electronic Health Records Continue to Lead to Medical Malpractice Suits

Dec 05, 2019 at 12:31 pm by pj

By DARRELL RANUM   A patient was treated with trigger point injections of opioids for pain management. The physician intended to order morphine sulphate 15 mg to be adm.... Read More

As His Wife’s Caregiver, A Doctor Discovers What’s Missing At Health Care’s Core

Dec 05, 2019 at 12:09 pm by pj

Dr. Arthur Kleinman and his wife, Joan. (Credit: Torben Eskerod) Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News Caring for someone with a serious illness stretches people spiritually and.... Read More

Raccoon in Summerfield/Oxford Area Tests Positive for Rabies

Dec 04, 2019 at 10:54 am by pj

SUMMERFIELD, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Marion County and Department of Health in Sumter County want Summerfield, Oxford and northwest residents of The V.... Read More

AdventHealth Waterman Raises Nearly $60,000 to Support the Local Fight Against Breast Cancer

Dec 03, 2019 at 11:18 am by pj

Throughout October, AdventHealth Waterman hosted and attended several activities and educational events to promote the importance of breast health and the early detection of b.... Read More

‘I Feel Like I’m In Jail’: Hospital Alarms Torment Patients

Dec 03, 2019 at 11:00 am by pj

  Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News When Kea Turner’s 74-year-old grandmother checked into Virginia’s Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital with advanced.... Read More

Medical Device Failures Brought To Light Now Bolster Lawsuits And Research

Dec 03, 2019 at 10:51 am by pj

Class Action Lawsuit in Florida  Christina Jewett  Photos by Heidi de Marco, Kaiser Health News Lorraine Bonner felt as though she was the only one. The surgical.... Read More

Ocala Regional Medical Center and West Marion Community Hospital Named America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery

Dec 03, 2019 at 10:14 am by pj

New report identifies Ocala Health hospitals among the top hospitals nationally for excellence in orthopedic surgery   Ocala Regional Medical Center and West Marion Com.... Read More

Check Your Contract

Nov 30, 2019 at 01:52 pm by pj

We Care of Lake County is required to re-contract their volunteer physicians every 5 years. Is your contract still sitting on your desk?  Volunteer physicians are critic.... Read More

We’re Good at Standards of Care. What About Standards of Personalization?

Nov 30, 2019 at 02:53 am by pj

By GLENN LLOPIS   A 22-year-old and a 65-year-old are diagnosed with the same life-threatening disease. Their treatment protocols might be similar, but one has to endur.... Read More

Finding Freedom: The 411 on Gene Therapy for Hemophilia

Nov 27, 2019 at 09:11 pm by pj

Tommy Maguire loves to travel—for pleasure and for the good of the order. For the past two years, he has journeyed to South America to volunteer with the Columbian Hemop.... Read More

Voluntary Benefits Values & Savings

Nov 27, 2019 at 08:56 pm by pj

  By JOSEPH FILICE   Business owners today are faced with rising healthcare costs and slimmer bottom lines.  Many companies have looked to voluntary benefits.... Read More

Learning about Advanced Practice Provider Closed Claims

Nov 27, 2019 at 08:21 pm by pj

By HOWARD MARCUS, MD, FACP, and SUSAN SHEPARD, MSN, RN   The Doctors Company analyzed claims against two types of advanced practice providers (APPs): physician assistan.... Read More

A Thanksgiving Wish

Nov 27, 2019 at 01:19 am by pj

     . Thanksgiving celebrates a 1621 harvest feast shared by the English colonists, Pilgrims of Plymouth and the Wampanoag people. It began with a few colon.... Read More

AdventHealth Waterman Receives Award for Safely Reducing Primary C-Sections

Nov 26, 2019 at 02:38 pm by pj

The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) and the Florida Department of Health (DOH) announced AdventHealth Waterman as one of 19 hospitals in Florida to achieve the He.... Read More

AdventHealth Ocala Bringing Health Care and Horses Together

Nov 26, 2019 at 10:15 am by pj

  The hospital has signed a multi-year agreement as the exclusive title sponsor of the Grandview Invitational draft show horse events.   AdventHealth Ocala leade.... Read More

Should My Lease Rate Go Down During a Renewal Negotiation?

Nov 26, 2019 at 01:31 am by pj

By DOUG PRICE There are many variables that affect the success of a commercial real estate lease renewal negotiation: timing, market conditions, supply and demand, representa.... Read More

Physicians' Intro to the Cryos USA-International Sperm and Egg Bank

Nov 24, 2019 at 10:22 pm by pj

Learn more about how Cryos USA - Sperm & Egg Bank operates. From donor recruitment and processing, to how we protect our sperm and oocyte straws with additional layers o.... Read More