Pandemic Forced Insurers To Pay For In-Home Treatments. Will They Disappear?

Jun 23, 2020 at 02:52 pm by pj

(Irina_Strelnikova/Getty Images)   Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News After seven days as an inpatient for complications related to heart problems, Glenn Shanoski was i.... Read More

As Problems Grow With Abbott’s Fast COVID Test, FDA Standards Are Under Fire

Jun 23, 2020 at 02:44 pm by pj

(Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)   Rachana Pradhan Kaiser Health News In mid-May, the Food and Drug Administration issued a rare public warning about an Abbott Labor.... Read More

How Those With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Cope With Added Angst Of COVID

Jun 23, 2020 at 02:38 pm by pj

    Elizabeth Lawrence , Kaiser Health News Before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the United States, Chris Trondsen felt his life was finally under contr.... Read More

Easy To Say ‘Get Tested.’ Harder To Do. Here’s How.

Jun 23, 2020 at 02:34 pm by pj

    Bernard J. Wolfson and Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News  Will Bondurant decided to get tested for COVID-19 after attending three racial justice demonstr.... Read More

CMS Announces Membership of Independent Coronavirus Commission on Safety, Quality in Nursing Homes

Jun 20, 2020 at 06:50 pm by pj

  Today, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the MITRE Corporation has published the membership of the independent Coronavirus Commiss.... Read More

Orlando Health and SeaWorld Partner to Reopen Theme Parks Safely

Jun 20, 2020 at 06:42 pm by pj

Orlando Health has partnered with SeaWorld’s Orlando parks (SeaWorld, Aquatica, and Discovery Cove) to prepare its theme parks for a safe reopening and to work together.... Read More

Self Elected as Chair of Florida’s Advisory Council of Faculty Senates

Jun 18, 2020 at 01:27 pm by pj

Dr. Bill Self, an associate professor in the Burnett School of Biomedical Science, was recently elected as the chair of the statewide Advisory Council of Faculty Senates. In t.... Read More

UCF Researchers Start Projects to Fight the Pandemic

Jun 18, 2020 at 01:22 pm by pj

As COVID-19 continues to impact the world, College of Medicine researchers are doing their part to fight it. The medical school recently awarded $20,000 in start-up grants to.... Read More

Study Creates First Ever 3D Map of Heart’s Neurons

Jun 18, 2020 at 01:17 pm by pj

Dr. Zixi Jack Cheng   A team of UCF College of Medicine scientists have helped develop a virtual 3D heart that shows the body’s neurons and their connection to th.... Read More

CMS Issues Proposed Rule for Commercial Plans and States to Negotiate Payment for Innovative Therapies Based on Patient Outcomes

Jun 18, 2020 at 01:04 pm by pj

  Proposed rule updates provisions to promote value-based payment for prescription drugs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule t.... Read More

PAVe Fighting Predatory Marketing of Vaping Products to Teens

Jun 18, 2020 at 12:06 pm by pj

  Parents Against Vaping E-Cigarettes (PAVe) are irate over the marketing of e-cigarettes to minors and have sent a letter to the FDA to complain of what they see as non.... Read More

New Class of 12 Pediatric Residents Begins at Nemours Children’s Hospital

Jun 18, 2020 at 10:53 am by pj

Nemours Children’s Hospital held a special ceremony to officially welcome the second group of recruited physicians in training for its three-year residency program. At a.... Read More

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

Community Health Centers Promotes Roshni Patel, MD, to Associate Medical Director

Jun 16, 2020 at 03:42 pm by pj

  WINTER GARDEN, FL – Community Health Centers, Inc. promotes Roshni Patel, MD to Associate Medical Director.  Dr. Patel joined Community Healt.... Read More

Ocala Health Launches Healthier Tomorrows Initiative Focused on Designated Care Paths & Safety Measures

Jun 16, 2020 at 02:25 pm by pj

Ocala Health, an affiliate of HCA Healthcare, announces the launch of the HEALTHIER TOMORROWS Initiative. The Initiative is designed to provide an enhanced patient safety.... 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

George D. Everett, MD, MS, MACP, Named Florida Chapter Governor of National Doctors' Group

Jun 16, 2020 at 12:18 pm by pj

George D. Everett, MD, MS, MACP, has been named Governor of the Florida Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the national organization of internists. The Board.... Read More

Orlando Health Receives “Best Children’s Hospital” Designation in 4 Specialties

Jun 16, 2020 at 11:19 am by pj

    U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice, has ranked Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and.... Read More