Patient Centered Care: Re-defining How Healthcare Interacts

Jun 21, 2018 at 05:59 pm by Staff

. By RANDY ROWELL As healthcare continues to transition to an integrated, interoperable system, there are a multitude of currently fragmented components throughout healthcar.... Read More

Administration Eases Way For Small Businesses To Buy Insurance In Bulk

Jun 21, 2018 at 05:17 pm by Staff

.   Jay Hancock, Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News Small employers will more easily be able to band together to buy health insurance under rules issued Tuesday by the.... Read More

After Opioid Overdose, Only 30 Percent Get Medicine To Treat Addiction

Jun 21, 2018 at 03:31 pm by Staff

.   Martha Bebinger, WBUR, Kaiser Health News More than 115 Americans die every day of opioid overdose. Many more who overdose survive due to the antidote medication n.... Read More

Orlando Health CFOs Recognized by Prominent Healthcare Publication Three Years in a Row

Jun 18, 2018 at 02:52 pm by Staff

. Two Orlando Health Chief Financial Officers were recognized as one of 150 health system CFOs to know in 2018 by prominent industry publication, Becker's Hospital Review..... Read More

Health Innovators: Let's Get Practical, Blockchain in Healthcare

Jun 16, 2018 at 05:55 pm by Staff

. By NINA TALLEY, MedSpeaks When it comes to blockchain in healthcare, Electronic Health Records (EHRs) dominate the conversation. The need to secure and move this highly.... Read More

Health Innovators: Opportunity is Perishable

Jun 16, 2018 at 05:41 pm by Staff

. By Ted DellaVecchia For many of us who recall the friction-free wheeling and dealing days of the late nineties and now look back on what was retrospectively labeled the.... Read More

As Medicaid Costs Soar, States Try A New Approach

Jun 16, 2018 at 04:49 pm by Staff

. Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News MINNEAPOLIS -- Sandy Dowland has been to the emergency room 10 times in the past year and was hospitalized during four of those visits. She.... Read More

"Suck It Up, Buttercup" Get Wendy Sellers' Leadership Book Now!

Jun 15, 2018 at 09:20 am by Staff

. Suck it up, Buttercup. You might be part of the problem. . Dominant, direct leaders who don't get emotional get the job done, right? Take charge and cut to the chase, righ.... Read More

Dr. R. Lawrence Moss Named Next President, CEO Of Nemours Children's Health System

Jun 15, 2018 at 01:09 am by Staff

. The Board of Directors of the Nemours Foundation has announced Dr. R. Lawrence Moss has been selected to succeed Dr. David Bailey as the President and CEO of Nemours Chi.... Read More

Doctors Seeking Freedom from Hospital Employment Now Have New Tool Kit

Jun 15, 2018 at 12:38 am by Staff

. The recent release of 90 doctors in Charlotte, North Carolina, from their untenable hospital-employment contract has caused many doctors nationwide to wonder if they, too.... Read More

How America Got Hooked On A Deadly Drug

Jun 14, 2018 at 07:02 pm by Staff

. Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News Purdue Pharma left almost nothing to chance in its whirlwind marketing of its new painkiller OxyContin. From 1996 to 2002, Purdue pursued.... Read More

Medicare Takes Aim At Boomerang Hospitalizations Of Nursing Home Patients

Jun 14, 2018 at 06:36 pm by Staff

.   Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News Photos by Heidi de Marco   "Oh my God, we dropped her!" Sandra Snipes said she heard the nursing home aides yell as she fell.... Read More

Volusia County Medical Society Offers Spots for Two Delegates to FMA Meeting

Jun 14, 2018 at 05:54 pm by Staff

. The Volusia County Medical Society has two delegate positions to fill for the August FMA Annual Meeting. . If you are an FMA member and are interested in representi.... Read More

AMA To Push for Evidence-Based Treatment in Opioid Fight

Jun 14, 2018 at 03:51 pm by Staff

. Physicians Urge Removal of Prior Authorization Barriers, Adherence to Parity Laws The American Medical Association (AMA) adopted policy at its Annual Meeting to ensure that.... Read More

AMA Passes First Policy Recommendations on Augmented Intelligence

Jun 14, 2018 at 03:45 pm by Staff

. The promise of augmented intelligence (AI) in spurring technological innovation in medicine has generated growing interest among health care stakeholders. It also has spur.... Read More

Cornerstone Hospice Honored with Award of Excellence

Jun 14, 2018 at 03:42 pm by Staff

. Cornerstone Hospice and Palliative Care has received an Excellence in Program Innovation Award - Clinical Practice from the Florida Hospice and Palliative Care Association.... Read More

Radiology Insights: Does Your Back Ache?

Jun 13, 2018 at 08:30 pm by Staff

. By LEENA KAMAT, MD Back pain is one of the most common reasons people go to the doctor or miss work. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and St.... Read More

AMA Outlines Ambitious Approach Toward Health Equity

Jun 13, 2018 at 07:57 pm by Staff

. With well-documented gaps in health and health care across segments of the United States, the American Medical Association (AMA) today adopted policy during its Annual M.... Read More

AMA Adopts New Policies at 2018 Annual Meeting

Jun 13, 2018 at 07:54 pm by Staff

. The American Medical Association (AMA) today voted to adopt new policies related to immigration, gender equity in medicine, and increased access to naloxone on commercial a.... Read More

Addressing Physician Burnout, AMA Adopts Policy to Improve Physician Access to Mental Health Care

Jun 13, 2018 at 12:58 pm by Staff

. With growing concern among the medical community and the public regarding physician and medical student depression, burnout, and suicide, the American Medical Association.... Read More