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Turning Point
Nemours Children’s Hospital ED expedites triage process with RN as pivot person
Before the Nemours Children’s Hospital opened in Orlando last October, newly minted Emergency Department (ED) chief Todd Glass,...Read More
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Turning Point
Nemours Children’s Hospital ED expedites triage process with RN as pivot person
Before the Nemours Children’s Hospital opened in Orlando last October, newly minted Emergency Department (ED) chief Todd Glass, MD, collaborated with Nemours’ nursing director...
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Physician Workforce Report
Inaugural Physician Workforce Assessment and Development Strategic Plan aims to strengthen capabilities, improve practice environment
Only 14 percent of the state’s 44,804 licensed, practicing physicians are younger than age 40, according to the Florida Department of Health’s inaugural Physician Workforce Assessment...
LYNNE JETER |
Incentivizing Residencies
Florida leaders work on ways to increase residency slots, keep COM graduates in state
Two years ago, 282 graduates of Florida medical schools left the state to pursue PGY-1 (first-year) residencies because of a shortage of in-state slots that continues to exacerbate the growing physician shortage in one of the nation’s fastest-growing and fastest-aging states...
LYNNE JETER |
Lucky ‘13
UCF COM Dean discusses graduation of charter class, celebrating 50th anniversary with main campus
When the University of Central Florida College of Medicine (UCF COM) opened the door in 2007 for applications to the 2008 charter class, offering...
LYNNE JETER |
The Trust Factor
Nashville firm reveals results of 7th annual payor survey; trust represents greater factor than rates
NASHVILLE – In the wake of national health reform, the trust factor between hospitals and health insurance companies is perilously low...
LYNNE JETER |
CONNECTing Caregivers to Prevent Patient Falls
Preventing America’s seniors from falling is a national health priority both in terms of injury and cost. Yet, fall prevention programs have only proven to be marginally successful over the long term...
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A Sense of Independence
For a growing number of senior adults, continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) provide the best answer – supporting active, independent lifestyles while...
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PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Ndidi N. Nwamu, DO, MBA
Nephrologist, Delta Kidney & Hypertension
ORLANDO - Ndidi Nwamua was lovestruck her second year of medical school. It came at the conclusion of her very first lecture about nephrology...
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Many Young Americans Unaware They're Infected With HIV
Title: Many Young Americans Unaware They're Infected With HIV
Category: Health News
Created: 6/17/2013 4:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 6/18/2013 12:00:00 AM Posted Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:00 am CDT
| | Junk Food Ads May Help Drive Obesity in Hispanic Kids, Study Suggests
Title: Junk Food Ads May Help Drive Obesity in Hispanic Kids, Study Suggests
Category: Health News
Created: 6/17/2013 4:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 6/18/2013 12:00:00 AM Posted Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:00 am CDT
| | Kids With Autism May Find Human Voice Unpleasant
Title: Kids With Autism May Find Human Voice Unpleasant
Category: Health News
Created: 6/17/2013 4:35:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 6/18/2013 12:00:00 AM Posted Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:00 am CDT
| | Red Meat Linked to Increased Diabetes Risk
Title: Red Meat Linked to Increased Diabetes Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 6/17/2013 4:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 6/18/2013 12:00:00 AM Posted Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:00 am CDT
| | Saturated Fat May Make the Brain Vulnerable to Alzheimer's
Title: Saturated Fat May Make the Brain Vulnerable to Alzheimer's
Category: Health News
Created: 6/17/2013 4:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 6/18/2013 12:00:00 AM Posted Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:00 am CDT
| | Hot Weather Takes Toll on Farmworkers: Study
Title: Hot Weather Takes Toll on Farmworkers: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 6/17/2013 6:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 6/18/2013 12:00:00 AM Posted Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:00 am CDT
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