Eagle Telemedicine Expands Recruiting Program for Physician Specialists

Jul 14, 2022 at 09:25 am by pj

Inpatient Telemedicine Innovator Offers New Opportunities for Remote Care and Increased Work-Life Balance for Physicians in 15 Specialties   Eagle Telemedicine, a pione.... Read More

UF researchers discover new way to inhibit virus that causes COVID-19

Jul 13, 2022 at 09:33 pm by pj

By Doug Bennett   GAINESVILLE — When the virus that causes COVID-19 enters the body, it hijacks cellular proteins and suppresses the human inflammatory response,.... Read More

Researchers leverage artificial intelligence to identify sepsis within 12 hours

Jul 13, 2022 at 09:30 pm by pj

By Dorothy Hagmajer  GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In a medical field like critical care, where time can mean life or death, a sepsis diagnosis is like the final buzzer. Ea.... Read More

Vacúnelos Antes Del Regreso a La Escuela

Jul 13, 2022 at 12:29 am by pj

El Departamento de Salud de la Florida en el Condado Seminole (DOHSeminole) está instando a los padres a preparar a sus hijos temprano para este próximo a&ntild.... Read More

Self-Managed Abortions Gain Attention, but Helpers Risk Legal Trouble

Jul 12, 2022 at 04:52 pm by pj

  By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, Kaiser Health News At a recent rally in Nashville, Tennessee, Planned Parenthood organizer Julie Edwards looked out.... Read More

Vaccine and Testing Delays for Monkeypox Echo Failures in Early Covid Response

Jul 12, 2022 at 04:44 pm by pj

  By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News Andy Stone is one of the lucky ones. The New York City resident saw a tweet from a local AIDS activist say.... Read More

Widely Used Hospital Gowns Show Signs of Exposing Workers to Infection

Jul 12, 2022 at 04:37 pm by pj

  By Brett Kelman, Kaiser Health News Disposable gowns designed to deflect the splatter of bodily fluids, used in thousands of U.S. hospitals, have underperfo.... Read More

Feds Want a Policy That Advocates Say Would Let Hospitals Off the Hook for Covid-Era Lapses

Jul 12, 2022 at 04:34 pm by pj

  By Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is responding to the chaos of the covid-19 pandemic by proposing&n.... Read More

Health Tech 50: Annual List of Top Venture Capitalists to Put on Your Radar

Jul 12, 2022 at 04:30 pm by pj

In addition to creating new challenges related to people's health and well-being, COVID-19 has exposed the disturbing level of fragmentation across healthcare systems globally.... Read More

How Pfizer Won the Pandemic, Reaping Outsize Profit and Influence

Jul 12, 2022 at 04:28 pm by pj

  By Arthur Allen, Kaiser Health News The grinding two-plus years of the pandemic have yielded outsize benefits for one company — Pfizer — making.... Read More

How Much Health Insurers Pay for Almost Everything Is About to Go Public

Jul 12, 2022 at 04:25 pm by pj

By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News  Consumers, employers, and just about everyone else interested in health care prices will soon get an unprecedented look a.... Read More

Digital Mental Health Companies Draw Scrutiny and Growing Concerns

Jul 12, 2022 at 04:22 pm by pj

By Harris Meyer, Kaiser Health News When Pat Paulson’s son told her he was feeling anxious and depressed at college, Paulson went through her Blue Cross Blue.... Read More

Seeking to Kick-Start Biden’s Agenda, Schumer Unveils a Bill for Medicare Drug Price Negotiations

Jul 12, 2022 at 04:10 pm by pj

  By Michael McAuliff, Kaiser Health News  Democratic senators on Wednesday took a formal step toward reviving President Joe Biden’s economic agend.... Read More

‘My Body, My Choice’: How Vaccine Foes Co-Opted the Abortion Rallying Cry

Jul 12, 2022 at 04:06 pm by pj

  By Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News  LOS ANGELES — In the shadow of L.A.’s art deco City Hall, musicians jammed onstage, kids got their fac.... Read More

Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital names new Chief Quality Officer 

Jul 12, 2022 at 03:37 pm by pj

 Amit Bansal, MD MBA has joined Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital as chief quality officer (CQO) and assistant vice president, Orlando Health. In his role as CQO, D.... Read More

Orlando Health, United Way of Broward County, and Moffitt Cancer Center complete pilot for a health equity training program

Jul 12, 2022 at 03:33 pm by pj

The health care and community organizations begin program with support from a combined $2.5 million Health Equity Grant by Florida Blue Foundation.   Together, Orlando.... Read More

PSI Services Partner with American Association of Medical Assistants® to Implement and Expand CMA (AAMA) ® Certification Testing Sites Nationwide

Jul 12, 2022 at 03:30 pm by pj

Global Leader in Testing Solutions and Premier Medical Assisting Association Increase Testing Availability in Support of Growing Demand for Credentialed Medical Assistants &n.... Read More

DOH-Orange Welcomes Dr. Asim Jani as the new Medical Director, Communicable Diseases

Jul 11, 2022 at 03:56 pm by pj

Beth A. Paterniti, Interim Administrator and Health Officer of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County (DOH-Orange), welcomes Asim Jani, M.D., M.P.H. as the dep.... Read More

Jess Parrish Medical Foundation Accepting Karla Foster, RN, Scholarship Applications

Jul 11, 2022 at 11:11 am by pj

TITUSVILLE — Jess Parrish Medical Foundation (JPMF) is now accepting applications for Karla Foster, RN, Memorial Scholarships.  Applicants must be residen.... Read More

Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Honored with Two Top-Tier Nursing Awards

Jul 11, 2022 at 11:09 am by pj

The pediatric hematology/oncology and critical care units at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children have each been honored by the American Association of Cr.... Read More