AMA Adopts New Policy to Integrate Augmented Intelligence in Physician Training

Jun 13, 2019 at 07:17 pm by Staff

Furthering its efforts to transform the way future physicians are trained, the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted policy at its Annual Meeting today aimed at incor.... Read More

AMA Adopts New Policies at 2019 Annual Meeting

Jun 13, 2019 at 06:47 pm by Staff

. CHICAGO - The American Medical Association (AMA) voted this week at its Annual Meeting to adopt new policies related to Medicaid coverage for postpartum, use of body-worn.... Read More

Poinciana Medical Center to Open Full-Service ED in ChampionsGate

Jun 13, 2019 at 05:04 pm by Staff

. The facility will be HCA Healthcare's fifth freestanding ER in the Orlando market Poinciana Medical Center, an affiliate of HCA Healthcare's North Florida Division - Orl.... Read More

AMA Adopts Policy to Further Advocate for Eliminating Non-medical Vaccine Exemptions

Jun 13, 2019 at 01:47 pm by Staff

. CHICAGO - Building on the AMA's efforts to protect the public against vaccine-preventable diseases, the AMA adopted policy during its Annual meeting to expand its existing.... Read More

Competition and Transparency

Jun 12, 2019 at 02:23 pm by Staff

A rundown of newly passed healthcare legislation begins taking effect July 1 After this spring's legislative session, there were conflicting messages from lawmakers on str.... Read More

June 2019 Digital Edition

Jun 12, 2019 at 09:43 am by Staff

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Patrice A. Harris, M.D., Inaugurated as 174th President of the AMA

Jun 11, 2019 at 06:01 pm by Staff

. Atlanta Physician Becomes First African-American Woman to Hold Office To Watch a Livestream of Dr. Harris's 5PM (CT) Inauguration Speech, click here . CHICAGO -- Patrice A.... Read More

BRAZEN Annual Summer Rally to be Held Friday June 14 in Silver Springs Shores

Jun 11, 2019 at 12:19 pm by Staff

. Ocala - The Florida Department of Health in Marion County's BRAZEN program is set to host its signature event for pre-teens and teens on Friday. On Friday, June 14,.... Read More

Orlando Health Announces Three New Executives

Jun 10, 2019 at 11:44 pm by Staff

. Orlando Health announced three new executives have joined the organization. Melissa Payne is the new Corporate Director of Food and Nutritional Services. Most recently, Payn.... Read More

Physicians Taking Steps to Reverse Opioid Epidemic but Mortality Continues to Rise

Jun 10, 2019 at 11:25 pm by Staff

A new AMA report on opioids highlights the limited effects of mandates to stem an epidemic that claims about 130 people every day -- underscoring the immediate need for po.... Read More

etectrx, Inc. Announces Issuance of Additional U.S. Patents for Ingestible Medication Adherence System

Jun 10, 2019 at 11:15 pm by Staff

. etectRx™ Inc., an early-stage digital health company, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent 10,292,642 for an "Electron.... Read More

CAR T-cell therapy: Will This CAR Plow through Solid Cancer Tumors?

Jun 10, 2019 at 09:48 pm by Staff

.. Chimeric Antigen Receptor therapy, also known as CAR T-cell therapy, has shown promising results in blood cancers (such as leukemia and lymphoma), but until recently has pr.... Read More

The Runway Marketing Plan for Nurses

Jun 10, 2019 at 09:32 pm by Staff

. By DR. CATIE HARRIS There is incredible excitement when you finally decide that you are going to start a nurse business. Maybe you're following an impulse because you.... Read More

etectrx and Qualicaps Extend Strategic Relationship to Develop ID-Cap Technology and Digital Pharma

Jun 10, 2019 at 07:21 pm by Staff

. etectRx™ and Qualicaps® have extended their existing collaborative relationship to further develop the manufacturing and assembly processes for ID-Capsules and the ID-Cap™ S.... Read More

AMA Adopts New Policies During First Day of Voting at 2019 Annual Meeting

Jun 10, 2019 at 07:12 pm by Staff

. New policies touch on anti-transgender violence, vaccine consent for minors, human trafficking CHICAGO - The American Medical Association (AMA), the premier national phy.... Read More

Texas Allergist Chosen as AMA President-Elect

Jun 09, 2019 at 02:26 am by Staff

For the first time, three consecutive women physicians have held the office of AMA president-elect Physicians and medical students gathered at the Annual Meeting of the Ameri.... Read More

The Future of Health Care is Innovation, Not Excel Sheets and Check Boxes

Jun 08, 2019 at 02:15 am by Staff

. By ABHINAV SHASHANK U.S. healthcare is nowhere near what technology made us dream of a decade back. Healthcare technology was meant to act as a means of reducing costs,.... Read More

Will Anti-Vaccinators Object to the New Cancer Vaccine?

Jun 06, 2019 at 09:21 pm by Staff

. By Joshua Mansour, M.D.   Will Anti-vaccinators also be against these new breakthrough vaccines that can improve odds for a type of cancer once thought to be a death.... Read More

Walmart Charts New Course By Steering Workers To High-Quality Imaging Centers

Jun 06, 2019 at 08:15 pm by Staff

. Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News Walmart Inc., the nation's largest private employer, is worried that too many of its workers are having health conditions misdiagnosed, l.... Read More

Analysis: Why Alexa's Bedside Manner Is Bad For Health Care

Jun 05, 2019 at 11:54 pm by Staff

. Elisabeth Rosenthal, Kaiser Health News Amazon has opened a new health care frontier: Now Alexa can be used to transmit patient data. Using this new feature -- which Amazo.... Read More