Business/Technology

Office Economics: Patient Experience Improved by Smart Lighting

Jan 21, 2019 at 08:12 pm by Staff

By DAVID PARRETT Lighting design for medical offices is no longer about choosing a fixture and flipping a switch on in the morning and off at night. New smart technologies.... Read More
Business/Technology

Secretive 'Rebate Trap' Keeps Generic Drugs For Diabetes And Other Ills Out Of Reach

Jan 21, 2019 at 08:04 pm by Staff

  Jay Hancock and Sydney Lupkin, Kaiser Health News Lisa Crook was lucky. She saved $800 last year after her insurance company started covering a new, less expensive in.... Read More
Business/Technology

County By County, Researchers Link Opioid Deaths To Drugmakers' Marketing

Jan 21, 2019 at 07:59 pm by Staff

  Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News Researchers sketched a vivid line Friday linking the dollars spent by drugmakers to woo doctors around the country to a vast opioi.... Read More
Business/Technology

The Attraction of Working in the Medical Marijuana Industry

Jan 17, 2019 at 09:37 pm by Staff

. By MICHAEL PATTERSON Currently in the United States there are 30 states in which medical marijuana is legal and widely available. There are 10 states in which marijuana.... Read More
Feature Profiles

A Promise Fulfilled

Jan 17, 2019 at 09:29 pm by Staff

Harold Neyra, general surgeon Born in Lima, Peru, Harold Neyra dreamed of being a doctor one day. He never knew about the many turns his career would take on the way to b.... Read More
Business/Technology

The Electronics Industry Sees Money In Your Health

Jan 17, 2019 at 09:23 pm by Staff

  Eric Taub, Kaiser Health News LAS VEGAS -- If the scores of personal health care devices at the Consumer Electronics Show last week are any indication, it's clear tha.... Read More
Clinical

Providers Walk 'Fine Line' Between Informing And Scaring Immigrant Patients

Jan 17, 2019 at 08:04 pm by Staff

  Ana B. Ibarra, Kaiser Health News While the Trump administration decides whether to adopt a controversial policy that could jeopardize the legal status of immigrants.... Read More
Business/Technology

Physician Employment Agreements

Jan 17, 2019 at 10:43 am by Staff

Grand Rounds

Major Gifts Allow Grace Medical Home to Move, Expand Services

Jan 16, 2019 at 09:07 pm by Staff

. Grace Medical Home, which provides charitable health care for thousands of Central Floridians, is pleased to announce it has received several major donations that will a.... Read More
Grand Rounds

AdventHealth Named Official Health Care Partner of Sebring International Raceway

Jan 16, 2019 at 08:54 pm by Staff

As part of the new multi-year agreement, AdventHealth will provide on-track medical services at the Raceway. . AdventHealth is expanding its partnership with Sebring In.... Read More
Business/Technology

Are Millennials Turning Their Backs on Traditional Healthcare Delivery Models?

Jan 16, 2019 at 08:22 pm by Staff

By Joy Stephenson-Laws, Managing Partner . One aspect of the traditional revenue model for most healthcare providers includes a strategy of maintaining patient lo.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

DOH Marion County Mobile Health Unit Sites Announced

Jan 15, 2019 at 09:12 pm by Staff

. The Florida Department of Health in Marion County's Mobile Health Unit will provide immunizations and other department services at the below scheduled dates and locations in.... Read More
Business/Technology

Prescription for Buying and/or Selling a Practice

Jan 14, 2019 at 09:51 pm by Staff

By MICHELE NICHOLS If trends continue, 2019 will be a year when many local physicians acquire or sell a practice. One of the factors is the change in the workforce. The S.... Read More
Business/Technology

Proper Incident-To Billing: Avoiding Pitfalls That Could Paralyze Your Practice

Jan 14, 2019 at 09:14 pm by Staff

. By MICHAEL R. LOWE, ESQ. Incident-to billing presents one of the last remaining opportunities for physicians to multiply their services and increase their income without.... Read More
Clinical

Meth's Resurgence Spotlights Lack Of Meds To Combat The Addiction

Jan 14, 2019 at 09:00 pm by Staff

. Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News In 2016, news reports warned the public of an opioid epidemic gripping the nation. But Madeline Vaughn, then a lead clinical.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Federal Shutdown Mostly Spares Health Coverage, But Other Issues Loom

Jan 14, 2019 at 08:54 pm by Staff

.   Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News As the partial government shutdown drags on, about 800,000 federal employees who work for the shuttered agencies -- and their fam.... Read More
Clinical

Emergency Medical Responders Confront Racial Bias

Jan 14, 2019 at 08:43 pm by Staff

. Kristian Foden-Vencil, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Kaiser Health News A recent study out of Oregon suggests emergency medical responders -- EMTs and paramedics -- may be t.... Read More
Digital Editions

January 2019 Digital Edition

Jan 14, 2019 at 09:01 am by Staff

Business/Technology

Making Value-based Care Work

Jan 10, 2019 at 09:56 pm by Staff

A look ahead with predictive analytics The healthcare industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world, having a direct impact on a patient's quality of li.... Read More
Business/Technology

19 Curiosities of Medicine

Jan 10, 2019 at 09:44 pm by Staff

By KELLI MURRAY, MedSpeaks While I don't carry the immeasurable responsibility of a doctor or surgeon, 2018 was an incredibly hectic year filled with exhilarating achievem.... Read More