Orlando Health Hospitals Receive “A” Grades From Leapfrog Group

May 27, 2020 at 10:58 am by pj

The Leapfrog Group has released its hospital Safety Grades for the Spring 2020 rating period and three Orlando Health hospitals earned A Grades: Orlando Health Orlando Regiona.... Read More

Citizen Scientists to Engage in COVID 19 Research

May 26, 2020 at 03:01 pm by pj

  In the wake of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis that impacts all of us, public interest in science has grown and “everyday” people are eager to su.... Read More

How Cannabis and Hemp are Part of the Change to a New Normal 

May 26, 2020 at 02:50 pm by pj

  By MICHAEL C. PATTERSON  If you are like me, you are learning how to make sense of the new world in which we are currently living. We find ourselves in an unprec.... Read More

CMS Announces Lower Out of Pocket Insulin Costs for Medicare’s Seniors

May 26, 2020 at 02:36 pm by pj

  Across the nation, 88 Part D Sponsors applied to the Part D Senior Savings Model to offer enhanced plans with a maximum $35 copay for a broad set of insulins beginning.... Read More

Scientist Has ‘Invisible Enemy’ In Sights With Microscopic Portraits Of Coronavirus

May 25, 2020 at 09:09 pm by pj

  Markian Hawryluk, Kaiser Health News From her laboratory in the far western reaches of Montana, Elizabeth Fischer is trying to help people see what they’re up a.... Read More

Coronavirus Tests The Value Of Artificial Intelligence In Medicine

May 24, 2020 at 11:49 pm by pj

(Courtesy of Dr. Albert Hsiao)    Ashley Gold, Kaiser Health News   Dr. Albert Hsiao and his colleagues at the University of California-San Diego health sys.... Read More

Vaccine at 'Warp Speed'? Let's Think About It, Mr. President

May 22, 2020 at 09:20 pm by pj

  By Jane M. Orient, MD The idea of moving at “warp speed” probably resonates with Star Wars fans. A galactic empire is impossible if it takes 100.... Read More

Parrish Medical Center Laboratory Receives Accreditation from College of American Pathologists

May 21, 2020 at 10:42 pm by pj

The Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) has awarded accreditation to Parrish Medical Center Laboratory, based on results of a recent on-site.... Read More

Making Lemonade

May 21, 2020 at 03:04 pm by pj

  By KRIS D. GRAY, MD, FAAFP   The COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating to so many people and caused so much trauma in the economy around the world that it will.... Read More

Analysis: Get Ready For The Vaccine. They’re Never Simple

May 21, 2020 at 02:11 pm by pj

    Arthur Allen, Kaiser Health News If there is a silver lining to the flawed U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic, it is this: The relatively high number o.... Read More

Op-Ed: Coronavirus has Exposed the Burden of Mental Illness 

May 21, 2020 at 01:17 pm by pj

  By Chelsea Boyd, R Street Institute   Earlier this month, one of Manhattan’s top emergency room doctors committed suicide. She had been serving.... Read More

Community Health Centers Adds Second COVID-19 Drive Up Testing Site

May 21, 2020 at 12:56 pm by pj

Credit KHN.org    Community Health Centers, Inc. will be adding an additional drive-up testing location beginning on Thursday, May 28th in the Pine Hills.... Read More

New MGMA Research Finds Physician Compensation Increased in 2019

May 21, 2020 at 10:28 am by pj

  Report finds steady rise in compensation for physician and nonphysician providers,plus growth in productivity among many specialties prior to COV.... Read More

Last Responders Seek To Expand Postmortem COVID Testing In Unexplained Deaths

May 20, 2020 at 10:10 pm by pj

    Michelle Andrews Kaiser Health News   Examining dead bodies and probing for a cause of death is rarely seen as a heroic or glamorous job. Rather,.... Read More

The Pandemic Is Hurting Pediatric Hospitals, Too

May 20, 2020 at 10:05 pm by pj

    Bernard J. Wolfson, Kaiser Health News  Children have largely escaped the ravages of COVID-19, but children’s hospitals have not eluded the financi.... Read More

Marion-DOH Reminds Children Are Home. Parents, Caretakers Urged to be Vigilant Against Drownings

May 19, 2020 at 08:21 pm by pj

OCALA — As Marion County re-opens from COVID-19 restrictions, many families are still home balancing work or online classes while caring for children. Busy households br.... Read More

True Health Announces Appointment of Interim CEO

May 19, 2020 at 05:18 pm by pj

The Board of Directors of Central Florida Family Health Center, Inc. d/b/a True Health announces the appointment of Janelle Dunn as interim Chief Executive Officer of True Hea.... Read More

Brain Metastases: Does Fluorescent Marking Facilitate the Surgical Removal of Tumors?

May 19, 2020 at 11:47 am by pj

  Metatasis In Situ, Red is the fluorescence. Photo Dr. Franz Marhold Physicians from Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences in Krems (KL Krems, Aust.... Read More

Rabies Alert Issued for Seminole County

May 19, 2020 at 10:03 am by pj

The Florida Department of Health in Seminole County (DOH-Seminole) is issuing a rabies alert for neighborhoods surrounding the Casselberry Golf Club Course. The alert is in re.... Read More

Medicaid Providers At The End Of The Line For Federal COVID Funding

May 18, 2020 at 11:25 pm by pj

    Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News  Casa de Salud, a nonprofit clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico, provides primary medical care, opioid addiction services.... Read More