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New Orange County Health Department Mobi Site

ORLANDO –The Orange County Health Department (OCHD) has recently launched a mobile website to make it easier for people to find health services they want when they're on the go. The OCHD is the first health department in the State of Florida to offer their clients a mobile site which is designed for all internet enabled cell phones.

The mobi site provides the capability of conveniently finding a telephone number or address to one of the locations while on the go.

The site includes basic information about locations, hours of operation, and services and takes advantage of mobile technology such as Click to Call, GPS, and URL forwarding.

The mobi site is not meant to replace the OCHD main website, but it is a companion site. It highlights our services and locations with links back to the main site for more information.

Information on the mobi site will be available in English and Spanish. You may access the OCHD mobi site at www.orchd.mobi and you can also find a link to this new site on www.orchd.com.

Florida Hospital Uses 3-D Technology to Teach Hundreds of Doctors about Robotic Surgery

3-D movie technology moves from the theater to the operating room as nearly 1,000 physicians from across the country converged on Central Florida to learn how to perform robotic surgery. During the World Robotic Symposium, held in mid-April, doctors donned 3-D glasses and watched the latest developments in robotic surgery. The robotic hysterectomy they viewed was filmed with similar technology to that used in popular 3-D movies such as "Avatar".

Dr. Vipul Patel and Dr. Arnold Advincula, with Florida Hospital's Global Robotics Institute, are the featured presenters at the symposium. Other nationally recognized robotic surgeons also presented at the conference. Dr. Patel is one of the world's most accomplished robotic surgeons, performing more than 3,500 robotic prostatectomies (minimally invasive removal of the prostate).

The World Robotic Symposium is known as the how-to meeting because it's very technically advanced, so a surgeon will be able to leave and be a better surgeon and get better outcomes for their patients said Patel.

Dr. Advincula is a highly recognized robotic gynecological surgeon who has been performing robotic surgeries on the daVinci robot for 9 years. Dr. Patel and Dr. Advincula have held separate robotic symposiums in the past and are now joining forces to educate physicians about this rapidly growing surgical technique.

Florida Hospital Offers Patients Hands-On Experience with the iPad

ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida Hospital has entered into a pilot project with Unity Medical, Inc. to offer pediatric patients a unique, hands-on experience to help educate them about medical procedures. Florida Hospital for Children is utilizing the Apple iPad™ with pediatric patients to help ease their fears about MRIs and CT scans at the hospital.

The application on the iPad will support our child life specialists in ensuring that children and their parents feel comfortable with MRI or CT procedures and hopefully mitigate any potential fears they may have said Marla Silliman, administrator of Florida Hospital for Children.

The iPad contains an application designed by Unity Medical, called jLog™ or Journey Log, that uses short form video to educate patients about the procedure they are about to have. The application features animated, relatable characters developed by Florida Hospital that visually demonstrates what a child will experience and answers questions in conversational dialogue.

Brooks Donates $50,000 to Doctors Without Borders for Continuing Efforts in Haiti

JACKSONVILLE, FL, — As the immediate emergency phase in Haiti is ending after the devastating earthquake in January, the process of rehabilitating the nation is just beginning. At this stage of recovery, Brooks Rehabilitation would like to support the efforts of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) with a $50,000 contribution.

Doug Baer, President and CEO of Brooks said they wanted to find a way to help the people of Haiti in a way that would be true to their mission of advancing the health and well-being of persons requiring rehabilitation and that Doctors Without Borders/MSF shares the same values so they wanted to support them in their on-going efforts.

American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc. (AAPS) Annual Meeting Set for Orlando in June

Tampa, FL -- The American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc. (AAPS) is pleased to announce the 2010 House of Delegates & Annual Scientific Meeting (Medical-Surgical: State of the Art Update) will be held in Florida at the Hilton Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, June 7-12, 2010.

AAPS, headquartered in Tampa, is the governing body of the American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS) which provides board certification in 17 medical specialties for physicians in the United States and Canada.

The meeting provides member physicians a forum in which to discuss developing and emerging issues in their specialty or sub-specialty said AAPS CEO William J. Carbone.

Among the planned meeting highlights:

• Earn CMEs for attending scientific sessions

• Choose from two medical ethics sessions

• Network with colleagues from the US and Canada

• Hear keynote speaker Dr. Deborah C. German, founding Dean of the UCF College of Medicine

Also, non-member physicians considering board certification for the first time or recertification are invited to a special free session on June 8 from 7-9 p.m.

Registration information is available online at http://www.aapsus.org/downloads/2010%20Annual%20Brochure.pdf, or by calling the AAPS Meetings Department at 813.433-2277, ext. 18 or 30.

Seminole State's Board of Trustees Approves Altamonte Springs Expansion

SANFORD, Fla. — State College is more than tripling the size of its newest campus with the acquisition of 25.4 acres in Altamonte Springs.

On Friday, March 19, Seminole State's District Board of Trustees unanimously agreed to purchase four parcels of land with existing structures and improvements from RCJ of Winter Park No. 2 — an entity related to Holler-Classic Automotive Group — for $22.5 million.

The acquisition, which will extend the Altamonte Springs Campus to Maitland Boulevard, includes property occupied by the Classic Chevrolet, Classic Hummer and Classic Audi car dealerships. It also includes an undeveloped portion of land adjacent to the current campus.

The purchase will add three existing buildings totaling 94,000 square feet and approximately 1,300 parking spaces to the campus.

Under the agreement, the college will take control of the adjoining land parcel on July 31 and gain access to the remaining properties over the next two years. Seminole State can begin renovating one existing building in July 2011 and will gain full occupancy of all buildings and land parcels on Jan. 1, 2013.

RCJ will pay all related property taxes, insurance, utilities, maintenance and upkeep costs for the buildings through Dec. 31, 2012.

To finance the purchase, Seminole State is asking the Legislature for $10 million in Public Education Capital Outlay (PECO) funds for the 2010-11 fiscal year and $7.5 million for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 fiscal years. If state funding does not come through for 2010-11, the college will cover its first payment with a five-year, low-interest loan. The loan, Sarnovsky said, will be paid off using capital improvement and parking fees.

Florida Hospital Apopka Welcomes Cardiologist, Dr. Linus Wodi, to Apopka Heart Consultants

APOPKA, FLA — Florida Hospital Apopka recently welcomed cardiologist, Dr. Linus Wodi, to its physician staff. Dr. Wodi will bring his expertise to join Dr. Khurram Shahzad, medical director of cardiology, and his practice Apopka Heart Consultants at Florida Hospital Apopka.

A graduate from the University of Lagos College of Medicine in Nigeria, Dr. Wodi followed his passion for cardiology to the United States following his graduation where he began his residency at the University of Tennessee. Then, Dr. Wodi pursued his cardiac interest by serving as a cardiology research trainee and continued his education with a fellowship in cardiovascular medicine. Before joining Florida Hospital Apopka, Dr. Wodi had his own private practice, LaGrange Cardiovascular Center, in LaGrange, Ga.

Lake County Health Department To Provide Hometown Health TV Video Content To Clients

Lake County – Visitors to Lake County Health Department offices will now be able to view Hometown Health TV's (http://www.HometownHealthTV.com) multi award-winning programming.

On April 1, the Lake County Health Department will air the locally-produced video program which features local medical practitioners weighing in on timely and useful health and medical news. The hour-long program, which includes interviews with medical professionals throughout Lake County and The Villages, will be shown as part of the video loop in the health department waiting areas; in addition to the current 28 screens in medical offices throughout the area that also show the monthly HHTV program.

Hometown Health TV partnered with the Lake County Health Department (LCHD) last year when it began publicizing department initiatives including immunization and swine flu updates. Additionally, the April 2010 edition of HHTV was shot on location at LCHD's Umatilla Clinic also known as the "Green Building" and features an interview with health department Epidemiologist, Sarah Matthews, MPH speaking about the growing problem of sexually transmitted diseases in the county.

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