Business/Technology

Ponte Health Properties Releases Renderings of Downtown Complex

Apr 16, 2019 at 11:52 pm by Staff

. Tabitha C. Ponte of Ponte Health Properties has unveiled the Architectural Master Plan Design intent for Vertical Medical City - Orlando, at 1000 N Orange Avenue. . The Mast.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Orlando Health Welcomes New Director of Customer Experience Programs

Apr 16, 2019 at 10:55 pm by Staff

New position is responsible for bringing the "Orlando Health Way" to life Orlando Health is pleased to welcome Brad Kennedy to the organization as director of customer exper.... Read More
Clinical

Central Florida Regional Hospital Expands Robot-Assisted Surgery Capabilities

Apr 16, 2019 at 10:43 pm by Staff

Central Florida Regional Hospital recently expanded its surgery offerings with the addition of the da Vinci Xi robotic surgical system, an advanced tool for minimally invasi.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

Workplace Wellness Programs Barely Move The Needle, Study Finds

Apr 16, 2019 at 08:08 pm by Staff

. Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News Workplace wellness programs have become an $8 billion industry in the U.S. But a study published Tuesday in JAMA found they don't cut costs.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

Arjo Collaborates with Kindred Healthcare to Help Improve QOC

Apr 16, 2019 at 07:35 pm by Staff

Arjo Inc. and Kindred Healthcare, LLC, a Louisville-based operator of long-term acute care and rehabilitation hospitals, have entered into a collaboration to help Kindred i.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

Ocala Health to open freestanding ER on 466A

Apr 16, 2019 at 07:30 pm by Staff

Ocala Health will expand access to emergency care in Sumter County with the opening of a freestanding emergency department. The freestanding emergency department will be loca.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

Drive-through Hepatitis A Vaccinations in Ocala

Apr 16, 2019 at 07:24 pm by Staff

The Florida DOH-Marion County is holding a vaccination opportunity to help residents get vaccinated for hepatitis A. It will be held: Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.... Read More
Clinical

Clinical Significance of Elevated Troponin Levels

Apr 15, 2019 at 11:15 pm by Staff

By Adel Eldin, MD, FACC, FACP Troponin is a Cardiac muscle enzyme which is used for evaluation of Cardiac etiology for chest pain and ruling out Acute Heart Attacks. If it is.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

Focus on Your Health at the LRMC Wellness Center

Apr 15, 2019 at 02:28 pm by Staff

. Getting healthy and staying that way is on most everyone's mind and how you achieve that goal is as unique as you are. Backed by the region's most trusted hospital, the Lee.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

As Sanders Officially Revives Medicare-For-All, Plan B For Democrats Gains Traction

Apr 11, 2019 at 09:23 pm by Staff

. Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News As Democratic presidential primary candidates try to walk a political tightrope between the party's progressive and center-left wings, t.... Read More
Business/Technology

The Blame Game: Everyone And No One Is Raising Insulin Prices

Apr 11, 2019 at 08:58 pm by Staff

. Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News A casual observer of Wednesday's House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing might think insulin prices just go up by themselves. Afte.... Read More
Grand Rounds

eMindful Names Former Livongo Executive Mary Pigatti New CEO

Apr 10, 2019 at 05:22 pm by Staff

. eMindful, a seasoned leader in the behavioral health and well-being industry, today announced the appointment of Mary Pigatti as Chief Executive Officer. The company offers.... Read More
Business/Technology

The LoweDown on 2019 Top 10 Health Law Issues - The Preview

Apr 10, 2019 at 12:13 pm by Staff

. By Michael R. Lowe, Esq., Board Certified Health Care Attorney Lowe & Evander, P.A. We all know that the U.S. Health Care system is a mess. But we also know that it is.... Read More
Digital Editions

April 2019 Digital Edition

Apr 10, 2019 at 10:01 am by Staff

Business/Technology

FBI Busts Telemedicine and DME Healthcare Fraud Scheme

Apr 10, 2019 at 02:29 am by Staff

Hundreds of Thousands of Elderly and/or Disabled Patients Nationwide and Abroad Lured into Criminal Scheme; Center for Program Integrity, Center for Medicare Services, Tak.... Read More
Clinical

The Impact of Enhanced Home Health Patient Engagement Programs on Care Transitions

Apr 10, 2019 at 02:15 am by Staff

By JOHN BANKS POWELL When patients transition from one care setting to another, there is an increased need for quality care coordination and patient support. Typically, pa.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

AdventHealth Ocala First in Marion County Named Screening Center of Excellence by the Lung Cancer Alliance

Apr 09, 2019 at 10:28 pm by Staff

AdventHealth Ocala joins more than 500 screening centers across the country following best practices Lung Cancer Alliance. . AdventHealth Ocala and its partners at Radiol.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

Ocala Health Announces $31M Expansion at Ocala Regional Medical Center

Apr 09, 2019 at 10:20 pm by Staff

Ocala Health leadership released details on the continued investment into expansion projects at Ocala Regional Medical Center. The project at Ocala Regional Medical Center wil.... Read More
Feature Profiles

Driven to Succeed

Apr 09, 2019 at 09:21 pm by Staff

. Robert Masson, MD, Neurosurgeon, Orlando Health It might seem like a play on words to describe a race-car-driving neurosurgeon as driven. But in the case of Robert Masson.... Read More
Business/Technology

LoweDown on Health Law: Signing Senate Bill 182 into Law

Apr 09, 2019 at 09:09 pm by Staff

By Michael R. Lowe, Esq. and Brian C. Evander, Esq. On March 13, 2018, The Florida House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed (by a vote of 101-11) the Senate's bill t.... Read More