Community Health Centers Opening COVID-19 Drive-Up Testing by Appointment in Apopka

Apr 27, 2020 at 09:33 pm by pj

  WINTER GARDEN - Beginning on Tuesday, April 28th, Community Health Centers, Inc. will be offering COVID-19 drive-up testing in the dental parking lot, 2.... Read More

Community Health Centers, Inc. to Receive $100K from Siemens Foundation to Support COVID-19 Response

Apr 27, 2020 at 12:37 am by pj

The Siemens Foundation has announced it is providing $100,000 to Community Health Centers, Inc. (CHC) to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. CHC is one of 12 receiving financial s.... Read More

Orlando's Andor Health Delivers New Template in Microsoft Teams to Safeguard Healthcare Workers Against COVID-19

Apr 27, 2020 at 12:07 am by pj

  ThinkAndor™ delivers real-time alerts, configures video screenings for patients, and enables real-time care team collaboration.... Read More

We Are Allowed to Be Irritated

Apr 26, 2020 at 11:11 pm by pj

By JERRY SANDER   Winter is over. Birds, squirrels, foxes, and groundhogs are scurrying around my backyard as nature once again expands. But it is Week Number 5, 6, 7,.... Read More

East Orlando Chamber of Commerce Free Webinar: Enabling Remote Work Efficiency & Productivity  

Apr 26, 2020 at 10:15 pm by pj

  REGISTER   Working from home or remotely is our new normal from now until, who knows when. As we continue down this path, we wanted to speak with the experts on.... Read More

DOH-Marion Provides COVID-19 Q & A

Apr 26, 2020 at 10:06 pm by pj

Gina Rohr, RN, tests a resident for COVID-19 at the Department of Health in Marion County’s drive-up testing site. Residents can be screened and scheduled for drive-up t.... Read More

Brevard’s Parrish Healthcare Opens COVID-19 Drive-Thru Test Collection Site at the Parrish Health & Fitness Center in Titusville

Apr 26, 2020 at 10:00 pm by pj

    Parrish Healthcare, in collaboration with OMNI Healthcare, set to open North Brevard’s first COVID-19 drive-thru test collection site at its Parrish Heal.... Read More

If Tested Positive for COVID-19, 1 of 4 Millennials Would not Self-Quarantine

Apr 26, 2020 at 09:45 pm by pj

From TESTING.COM Within the last few weeks, the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has turned life upside down for millions of people. The h.... Read More

DOH-Orange Announces a Second Round of Mobile COVID-19 Testing

Apr 26, 2020 at 09:32 pm by pj

  ORLANDO – With the success of the first round of testing, the Florida Department of Health in Orange County (DOH-Orange) announces a second round of fr.... Read More

Changes to Telehealth and the Healthcare Market in the Aftermath of COVID-19

Apr 26, 2020 at 09:20 pm by pj

    Lindsay Lowe is an associate attorney at Wolfe Pincavage, a Florida boutique law firm whose entire career has been dedicated to public.... Read More

CMS Re-evaluates Accelerated Payment Program and Suspends Advance Payment Program

Apr 26, 2020 at 08:45 pm by pj

  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is reevaluating the amounts that will be paid under its Accelerated Payment Program and suspen.... Read More

 Administration Launches New Toolkit to Help States Navigate COVID-19 Health Workforce Challenges 

Apr 23, 2020 at 02:00 pm by pj

  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response (ASPR) released a new toolkit to help state and local h.... Read More

The American Lung Association launches a $25M initiative to end COVID-19

Apr 23, 2020 at 01:56 pm by pj

 By JANELLE HOM Infectious disease…that’s how it all started for the American Lung Association. In 1904, tuberculosis was the leading cause of death in the.... Read More

Global Protective Gear creates innovative fabric to combat isolation gown shortages

Apr 23, 2020 at 01:50 pm by pj

  Innovative California company creates coated fabric to replace the non woven goods that are increasingly difficult to find  Global Protective Gear has.... Read More

Coronavirus Crisis Opens Access To Online Opioid Addiction Treatment

Apr 23, 2020 at 01:47 pm by pj

  Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News  Opioid addiction isn’t taking a break during the coronavirus pandemic. But the U.S. response to the viral crisis is mak.... Read More

OSHA Probing Health Worker Deaths But Urges Inspectors To Spare The Penalties

Apr 23, 2020 at 01:44 pm by pj

(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)   Christina Jewett and Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has.... Read More

Coronavirus Fuels Explosive Growth In Telehealth ― And Concern About Fraud

Apr 23, 2020 at 01:35 pm by pj

  Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News  On March 17, Medicare chief Seema Verma stepped to the podium at a White House coronavirus briefing and unveiled a “histo.... Read More

Pediatric Dental Tips in the Time of Quarantine

Apr 22, 2020 at 12:01 am by pj

By Bozena Munguba, DMD, General Dentistry at Community Health Centers – Leesburg   It is hard to see the benefits of being quarantined inside your house for weeks.... Read More

AdventHealth to open drive-up COVID-19 testing in Kissimmee

Apr 21, 2020 at 11:56 pm by pj

  Osceola Heritage Park, Seminole Towne Center, Mall at Millenia and Daytona International Speedway host AdventHealth’s drive-up testing sites.    &nbs.... Read More

FDA Daily Coronavirus Update

Apr 21, 2020 at 09:52 am by pj

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the following actions taken in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic: The FDA issued information on the use o.... Read More