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‘No Intubation’: Seniors Fearful Of COVID-19 Are Changing Their Living Wills

May 12, 2020 at 04:44 pm by pj

  Judith Graham DENVER ― Last month, Minna Buck revised a document specifying her wishes should she become critically ill. “No intubation,” she wrote in l.... Read More
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COVID Survivors’ Blood Plasma Is A Sought-After New Commodity

May 12, 2020 at 04:38 pm by pj

(Courtesy of Diana Berrent)   JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News  Diana Berrent learned she had tested positive for COVID-19 on a Wednesday in mid-March. Within a.... Read More
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CMS Builds on Commitment to Transform Healthcare Through Competition and Innovation

May 11, 2020 at 04:52 pm by pj

  Proposed changes to Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System would remove barriers to the development.... Read More
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Orlando VA Medical Center to host a One Blood Drive

May 11, 2020 at 02:03 pm by pj

The Orlando VA Medical Center (OVAMC) has partnered with One Blood to host a public Blood Drive on May 13, 2020 by appointment only from 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. at the SimLEARN, 13800.... Read More
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Top 10 Tips for Reopening Your Medical Office During COVID-19

May 11, 2020 at 01:51 pm by pj

By Kerin Torpey Bashaw, MPH, RN and Debbie K. Hill, MBA, RN As state and local governments determine that criteria have been met to implement Phase One of the federal Op.... Read More
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AMA Issues New Principles to Restore Trust in Data Privacy

May 11, 2020 at 01:27 pm by pj

  Responding to Americans’ growing reluctance to share health data and unresolved tension over eroding personal privacy, the American Medical Association (AMA.... Read More
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Parrish Healthcare Care Partners Recognized as COVID-19 Heroes, Along with the Community They Serve

May 09, 2020 at 05:10 pm by pj

  BREVARD COUNTY — National Nurses’ Week and National Hospital Week are May 6-12 and May 10-16 respectively. This year these national recognitions of the h.... Read More
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Looking For A Path To Reopen, Employers Weigh COVID Testing Of Workers

May 09, 2020 at 04:54 pm by pj

  Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News  Just a few miles from Disney World, Harris Rosen’s hotel empire is mostly closed because of the COVID pandemic. One cru.... Read More
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COVID Bailout Cash Goes To Big Players That Have Paid Millions To Settle Allegations Of Wrongdoing

May 09, 2020 at 04:42 pm by pj

  Rachana Pradhan and Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News  The Trump administration has sent hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic-related bailouts to health ca.... Read More
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Reopening In The COVID Era: How To Adapt To A New Normal

May 09, 2020 at 04:34 pm by pj

    Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News  As many states begin to reopen — most without meeting the thresholds recommended by the White House — a ne.... Read More
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Opinion: Doctors and Patients Are Pawns in a Dangerous Political Brinkmanship

May 09, 2020 at 12:12 pm by pj

  By ELIZABETH LEE VLIET, MD  Front-line physicians treating patients with SARS-CoV2/COVID-19 are seeing an alarming, escalating, orchestrated attack on chloroquin.... Read More
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Orlando VA Healthcare System Supports VA Fourth Mission COVID-19 Response

May 09, 2020 at 11:56 am by pj

ORLANDO  – The Orlando VA Healthcare System (OVAHCS) continues to support the Department of Veterans Affairs’ “Fourth Mission” in helping Floridia.... Read More
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Boca Raton's ioTech International to Protect Healthcare Workers from COVID-19 with Molecular iodine in Controlled Study

May 09, 2020 at 11:42 am by pj

  BOCA RATON - ioTech International announced today that three of its products, based on patented, proprietary, non-staining formulations of molecular iodin.... Read More
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CMS Announces Final Payment Notice for 2021 Coverage Year

May 09, 2020 at 12:35 am by pj

  Final rule works towards lowering premiums, improving consumer experience, promoting program integrity and stabilizing the market  The Centers for Medicare &.... Read More
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Cash-Based Practice Groups, Need Automation and Data Analytics To Grow Their Practice Income. Here's Why?

May 09, 2020 at 12:15 am by pj

By QUINTIN L. GUNN, Sr.   Should Your Business or Medical Practice be Salary Only or Salary With Commission? Here are some of the facts about Customer Sales M.... Read More
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LSU Health Shreveport Becomes Site for Additional Nitric Oxide Clinical Trial

May 08, 2020 at 11:55 pm by pj

  LSU Health Shreveport is now one of five sites in the world involved in a clinical trial that assesses inhaled nitric oxide as a treatment for patients with mild to mo.... Read More
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CDC Launches National Viral Genomics Consortium to Better Map SARS-CoV-2 Transmission

May 07, 2020 at 02:49 pm by pj

CDC has kicked off the SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing for Public Health Emergency Response, Epidemiology and Surveillance (SPHERES) consortium, which will greatly exp.... Read More
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Data Reveals Number of Uninsured Americans in Every State

May 07, 2020 at 01:34 pm by pj

 Provided by Harmony Healthcare IT. Visit www.harmonyhit.com   Florida 4th Highest Healthcare is on the mind of Americans now more than ever. Millions of Ame.... Read More
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Physicians Actively Scheduling Medical Procedures at HCA Healthcare’s Central Florida Hospitals 

May 07, 2020 at 12:26 pm by pj

  ~ Healthcare services expanding as patients now have ability to schedule needed procedures in addition to  emergency and inpatient care at Central Florida Regiona.... Read More
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Therapists Report Growing Cases of PTSD, Trauma, Anxiety

May 07, 2020 at 12:24 pm by pj

  May is Mental Health Awareness Month                   May, Mental Health Awareness Month, is traditionally a.... Read More