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Will the Governor Sign Senate Bill 1122?
Controversial Bill Spurs Action from Consumer Groups, Healthcare Advocates
When the 2009 legislative session ended May 1, one particular piece of healthcare legislation drew much attention.
LYNNE JETER |
First Facility Opens in Lake Nona's Medical City
Burnham at Lake Nona Represents Milestone for Life Sciences Cluster
Dozens of scientists wearing white lab coats gathered with elected officials and medical professionals in front of the new $85 million Burnham Institute for Medical Research on May 15 to celebrate the completion of the first facility in Lake Nona's Medical City. Medical City partners, including representatives from the University of Central Florida (UCF) College of Medicine, Nemours Children's Hospital, VA Medical Center, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando and Tavistock Group, were among the first to tour Burnham at Lake Nona, the largest facility in Florida tracking toward a gold level LEED certification.
LYNNE JETER |
Private Practice Physicians Bolster Sagging Economy
Despite Impressive Numbers, Florida Faces Physician Shortage
Private practice physicians bolster Florida's sagging economy, even during downturns, from job creation to disposable income, according to "The Economic Impact of Private Practice Physicians' Offices in Florida," a report released in the spring by the Florida Medical Association (FMA) Health Policy Center and the Florida State University (FSU) Center for Economic Forecasting & Analysis.
LYNNE JETER |
Protecting the Most Important Assets of a Small Business
As jobs are being trimmed at large corporations, more Americans than ever have taken the plunge and are starting their own businesses. Most who own a business can tell you that being the boss entails a big "to-do" list, and making sure the business and key players in it are properly insured can easily be forgotten. But for most up-and-coming businesses, owners and employees are important assets. How harmful would it be to the business if anything happened to those individuals?
DYLANA M. HOPLER, CFP |
It's Time to Buy that Office Building
The market is down, the banks won't lend. Your business isn't what it was and your expenses are getting higher. So what do you do? Go buy some commercial real estate! Sounds crazy but what's even worse is to buy it when you are standing in a line of potential buyers with bags of money to throw at a property.
DON RUDOLPH, CCIM |
The Self-Insured Option
Outside-the-Box Thinking Leads to Significant Cost Savings for Local Insurance Group
Outside-the-box thinking has led to significant cost savings for The Crowne Group, which has made the self-insured option an attractive choice for Florida employers.
LYNNE JETER |
Frien-emies
Helping Providers, Payers Learn to Play Well TogetherOn the face of it, providers and payers have the same objective – to dispense high quality, evidence-based care in an efficient and cost effective manner to ultimately improve outcomes. Somewhere along the line, however, reality diverged from the mission statements, often resulting in a "them" vs. "us" mentality.
CINDY SANDERS |
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Virtual Colonoscopy Trial Hails Preventive Procedure, But Medicare Not So Sure
Ask radiology experts and virtually all of them will say that virtual colonoscopies are a less expensive, less invasive and effective alternative to conventional colonoscopies to screen for colorectal cancer. Yet there’s a flip side to that view – that CT colonography, as it is more formally known, is inefficient, since a regular colonoscopy must follow if the CTC finds anything suspicious.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Best Practice: Dr. P. Phillips Hospital
Diabetic Foot Ulcers
The Comprehensive Wound Care Center at Dr. P. Phillips Hospital applies a physician driven, multi-disciplinary approach that directs critical resources required for the treatment of patients with wound healing failure.
Antonio Crespo, MD |
Prostate Cancer: To Screen or Not To Screen
Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin malignancy in men, and the second most common cause of cancer death after lung cancer. Approximately 220,000 new cases were diagnosed in the U.S. in 2007, with over 29,000 deaths reported. More aggressive screenings, along with more effective, better tolerated treatments, has resulted in improved survival world-wide.
Stephen F. Dobkin, M.D. |
The EMG Exam
Electromyography or EMG is the segment of electrodiagnostic medicine that studies the electrical activity within muscles. It is the study of the motor unit representing the muscle and nerve as a unit. This anatomic element consists of a cell body, its axons, the neuromuscular junction and the corresponding muscle fibers. The EMG is a diagnostic tool used to detect abnormality along any portion of the motor unit. It is helpful to clinicians in evaluating patients with weakness, muscle wasting, pain, numbness and paraesthesia.
Paulette A. Smart-Mackey |
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