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Webinar Invitation: COVID 19 and Working from Home...Cyber Security? The Threat is REAL!

Apr 16, 2020 at 10:17 am by pj

 You're invited to a free webinar hosted by Orlando Medical News on cybersecurity while working remotely. Phishing and hacking is soaring during this time of vulnerabil.... Read More
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AdventHealth Sees Promise in Repurposed Drugs for Severe Cases of COVID-19

Apr 16, 2020 at 09:59 am by pj

  Medications previously used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and Ebola are being pressed into service against the deadly coronavirus.   As physicians face ris.... Read More
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FDA Clears New Disposable Fog-Free Articulating 5mm Laparoscope

Apr 15, 2020 at 11:51 pm by pj

  Xenocor, Inc. announced the FDA cleared the new Xenocor Disposable 5mm Articulating Laparoscope for minimally invasive abdominal and thoracic surgery. The.... Read More
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Orlando Health Providing Virtual Visitation

Apr 15, 2020 at 11:49 pm by pj

  Tablet technology is keeping patients connected during restricted visitation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.   Orlando Health hospitals are adding a new way for p.... Read More
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Andor Health Appoints Healthcare Technology Industry Veteran Raj Toleti as Chairman and CEO

Apr 15, 2020 at 10:57 pm by pj

     Company also names two new senior executives and 12 healthcare industry and technology leaders to Andor’s new Strategic Advisory Board.... Read More
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East Orlando Chamber of Commerce April 14 Marketing Healthcare Webinar

Apr 15, 2020 at 10:29 pm by pj

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AMA and AHA Respond to Rise in Cyber Threats Exploiting the COVID-19 Pandemic

Apr 15, 2020 at 11:47 am by pj

New joint cybersecurity resource helps physicians and hospitals keep pace with malicious cyber activity CHICAGO - Responding to a spike in cyber threats that exploit telework.... Read More
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CMS Increases Medicare Payment for High-Production Coronavirus Lab Tests

Apr 15, 2020 at 11:05 am by pj

  CMS helps expand testing capacity and monitoring for COVID-19 in nursing homes and other settings with high volume testing needs The Centers for Medicare & Medica.... Read More
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BPC Calls for Comments on Policy Options to Fully Integrate Medicare and Medicaid Services for Chronically Ill

Apr 15, 2020 at 10:53 am by pj

  Washington, DC -  Today the Bipartisan Policy Center releases two white papers and calls for comments on policy options that address how federal an.... Read More
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COPD as a Lung Stem Cell Disease

Apr 15, 2020 at 10:48 am by pj

 Single Cell Cloning Tells the Story of Abnormal Cells  Two internationally renowned stem cell experts have found an abundance of abnormal stem cells in the l.... Read More
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With PPE Shortages Ongoing, AMA Urges FEMA to Act as Single National Source for Acquisition

Apr 14, 2020 at 11:54 pm by pj

  With ongoing, serious concern about the availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) for physicians, frontline health care workers and laboratory workers handli.... Read More
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The Travel Industry’s Response to the Global Pandemic

Apr 14, 2020 at 02:37 pm by pj

  By BRYCE MORRISON   More than twenty years ago, I ran a small shop onboard the USS San Jacinto. We had just completed six months at sea and the team had been wo.... Read More
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AMA Announces Expedited Updates to CPT for COVID-19 Antibody Tests

Apr 14, 2020 at 02:30 pm by pj

CHICAGO - The American Medical Association (AMA) announced updates to Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) that include two code additions intended to report wh.... Read More
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FDA Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Daily Roundup

Apr 14, 2020 at 02:20 pm by pj

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced the following actions taken in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic: Given the anticipated increase in d.... Read More
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Summary of Recent CMS Actions in Response to COVID-19

Apr 14, 2020 at 02:14 pm by pj

  Recent actions and guidance from CMS on COVID-19     Postponement of 2019 Benefit Year HHS-operated Risk Adjustment Data Validation To facilitate the nat.... Read More
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In Shutting Out Threat, Seniors In Continuing Care Communities Feel Shut In

Apr 14, 2020 at 01:52 pm by pj

(Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)   Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News  With tight restrictions in place at their continuing care retirement community, Tom and.... Read More
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Across the US, Pediatric Practices Struggle To Adapt And Survive Amid COVID-19

Apr 14, 2020 at 01:46 pm by pj

(Jenny Gold/KHN)   Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News  The silence was striking. On a normal day, the well-child waiting room at Berkeley Pediatrics bustles with chi.... Read More
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How Do We Exit the Shutdown? Hire an Army Of Public Health Workers

Apr 14, 2020 at 01:40 pm by pj

(Hannah Norman/KHN Photo Illustration; NIAID)   Anna Maria Barry-Jester,  Kaiser Health News    Last month, facing the prospect of overwhelmed hospital.... Read More
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‘Baby, I Can’t Breathe’: America’s First ER Doctor To Die In The Heat Of COVID-19 Battle

Apr 14, 2020 at 01:32 pm by pj

Frank Gabrin (Courtesy of Debra Vasalech Lyons)   Alastair Gee, The Guardian , Kaiser Health News At about 5 a.m. on March 19, a New York City ER physician named.... Read More
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Billions Going To Hospitals Based On Medicare Billings, Not COVID-19

Apr 14, 2020 at 01:24 pm by pj

(Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)   Jay Hancock, Phil Galewitz, Elizabeth Lucas, Kaiser Health News    Probably few hospital systems need t.... Read More