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Moving Ahead
Health Central deal on track to close by end of March
OCOEE—After a delay that prompted rumors the deal may have been nullified, the $177 million sale of Health Central to Orlando Health will become official by the end of March, and a new name will be unfurled for the hospital’s 60th anniversary: Orlando Health Central...
LYNNE JETER |
Taking the Reins
Internationally renowned liver oncologist Mark Roh, MD, begins leadership transition of MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando in 2012 After Mark Roh, MD, read “Intern” by Dr. X at the impressionable age of 14, he knew he wanted to be a surgeon. A liver transplant mentor influenced his decision to specialize in liver oncology...
LYNNE JETER |
A Path Worth Taking
There is no neon sign on the door or huge billboard pointing the way, but people are still finding their way to one of Orlando’s newest counseling centers...
KATHRYN Mc PHAIL |
Maximum CPT® Allowable Every Time
Most experts agree that the contractual relationships between healthcare providers and managed care organizations (MCO’s) have not matured as expected from a strategic, financial, or operational perspective...
DANA R. BELLEFOUNTAINE JR. |
Managing Risks VIII
Using the scientific method to address non-clinical risk management issues concerning incident reports
How does one manage risk when writing orders is done by multiple healthcare providers, or as some risk managers call it “too many cooks in the kitchen?” ...
LYNNE JETER |
RX for the Bottom Line
How to Have Better Vision for your Practice
It’s essential to have a vision of how you –the physician – want your practice represented. Perception is reality, so how do you want the local community to see you? Some providers start their practice and let the chips fall where they may...
MINERVA DEJESUS and AURIANA REYES |
Is IT Safe?
A few months ago, I appeared on a local news show to talk about data security. After the interview, the news anchor asked me what seemed like a simple question:...
JAMES GENTRY |
Esophageal Cancer and Clinical Features
The gastrointestinal tract is the second most common noncutaneous site for cancer and the second major cancer related mortality in the USA...
SRINIVAS SEELA, MD |
Enhancing the Patient Experience Drives Value
The concept of increasing value in healthcare (or value-based healthcare) is that providers should be held accountable not only for the cost of care, but also for the quality of and patient satisfaction with their care...
BRIAN MASTERS, MD |
Duking It Out
New orexin findings pit brown fat v. white fat in search for novel approach to obesity and diabetes
ORLANDO—Brown fat burns energy; white fat settles in.
That truth represents a major finding in a recent study concerning the impact of orexin in weight control at the Sanford-Burnham Institute for Medical Research at Lake Nona...
LYNNE JETER |
Good Medicine is Good Business
Subheading: Latest Pulse Report underscores link between quality patient care and profitability
Amid continuing uncertainty and concern surrounding healthcare reform, potential cuts to federal funding and the search for sustainable reimbursement methodologies, Press Ganey’s 2011 Pulse Report uncovered a little good news … providing quality patient care increases profitability...
CINDY SANDERS |
Virgil A. Davila, MD
OB/GYN surgeon, Physician Associates, Oviedo
OVIEDO - There is no doubt about it, said Virgil Davila; robotics has revolutionized gynecological surgery. But, like so many technological advances, accessibility has outpaced ability, and that concerns Davila...
JEFF WEBB |
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