Business/Technology

In Days Of Data Galore, Patients Have Trouble Getting Own Medical Records

Oct 25, 2018 at 08:30 pm by Staff

  Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News Medical records can be hard for patients to get, even in this digital information age. But they shouldn't be: Federal law guarantee.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Booming Economy Helps Flatten Medicaid Enrollment And Limit Costs, States Report

Oct 25, 2018 at 08:19 pm by Staff

. Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News Medicaid enrollment fell by 0.6 percent in 2018 -- its first drop since 2007 -- due to the strong economy and increased efforts in some s.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

States Explore Paths To Pay Their Share For Medicaid Expansion -- Using Political GPS

Oct 25, 2018 at 08:08 pm by Staff

.   Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News Last year, nearly 60 percent of Maine residents voted to expand the state's Medicaid program -- an option provided by the Afford.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Fixing Obamacare's 'Family Glitch' Hinges On Outcome Of November Elections

Oct 25, 2018 at 08:04 pm by Staff

.   Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News Last Christmas Eve, Justine Bradford-Trent slipped on ice, slamming to the ground. Her elbow swelled. Was it broken? She couldn'.... Read More
Business/Technology

Preserving and Protecting the Independent Physician Event

Oct 25, 2018 at 12:29 pm by Staff

. Fifty independent physicians, practice administrators, CFMGMA members and Central Florida healthcare professionals spent Wednesday evening with the Orlando Medical News, at.... Read More
North Central Florida Local News

Florida Hospital Ocala to Host Students for da Vinci Robotic Simulation

Oct 24, 2018 at 09:51 am by Staff

. Florida Hospital Ocala will welcome more than 20 students from the Trinity Catholic High School robotics program to learn how to use the innovative da Vinci robotics syste.... Read More
Business/Technology

Complex and Rapidly Changing Payment Models Challenge Physician Practices, Study Finds

Oct 24, 2018 at 09:30 am by Staff

. Physician payment models are becoming more complex and the pace of change is increasing, creating challenges for physician practices that might hamper their ability to i.... Read More
Grand Rounds

American College of Healthcare Trustees Appoints Irma Rastegayeva, MSc, MSEM to its Board of Directors

Oct 23, 2018 at 10:24 pm by Staff

. The American College of Healthcare Trustees, a social enterprise that promotes good governance, leadership, and decision-making in healthcare, announces today that it has.... Read More
Business/Technology

Taking Ambulatory EHRs From Obstacles to Enablers of Care

Oct 23, 2018 at 03:50 pm by Staff

.     By Dana Bensinger and Jeanette Ball   If there has been one consistent mantra among physicians about technology, especially those in ambulatory setti.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Doctors' Goodwill Foundation Announces Masquerade Ball to Benefit the Opioid Crisis and Suicide in Brevard County

Oct 23, 2018 at 09:23 am by Staff

. TITUSVILLE - Drug overdose deaths continue to soar. The local and national opioid epidemic is spiraling out of control. Death rates in the last 12-months increased by 17 p.... Read More
Grand Rounds

LIFT Orlando Breaks Ground on Senior Housing in Communities of West Lakes

Oct 23, 2018 at 08:49 am by Staff

. The Pendana at West Lakes Senior Residences will be built on Orange Center Boulevard, adjacent to the recently opened Pendana at West Lakes mixed-income community LIFT O.... Read More
Clinical

Keeping the Dream Alive - Fertility Preservation

Oct 23, 2018 at 01:15 am by Staff

  By COREY BURKE   Fertility preservation is a term used for protecting or preserving eggs, sperm, embryos, or reproductive tissue so that they may be used in the.... Read More
Feature Profiles

Pooling Talent with Eyes on the Future

Oct 22, 2018 at 09:49 pm by Staff

. No complacency at Radiology Specialists of Florida By PL JETER Ten years ago, a trio of radiologists moved to Orlando and pooled their talents to form Radiology Speci.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Politicians Hop Aboard 'Medicare-For-All' Train, Destination Unknown

Oct 22, 2018 at 09:45 pm by Staff

.   Elisabeth Rosenthal and Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News After decades in the political wilderness, "Medicare-for-all" and single-payer health care are suddenly.... Read More
Clinical

Primary Care Doctors 'Not Doing Enough' To Curb STDs?

Oct 22, 2018 at 09:35 pm by Staff

  Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News Julie Lopez, 21, has been tested regularly for sexually transmitted diseases since she was a teenager. But when Lopez first asked her.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

As Billions In Tax Dollars Flow To Private Medicaid Plans, Who's Minding The Store?

Oct 22, 2018 at 09:29 pm by Staff

Chad Terhune, Kaiser Health News Photos by Heidi de Marco With no insurance through his job, Jose Nuñez relied on Medicaid, the nation's public insurance program that assi.... Read More
Videos-Podcasts

Detecting and Treating Epilepsy with Dr. Murray

Oct 22, 2018 at 10:32 am by Staff

Videos-Podcasts

The Value of Mammograms with Dr. Rodgers

Oct 22, 2018 at 10:23 am by Staff

Business/Technology

Where Does Your Innovation Live?

Oct 18, 2018 at 07:42 pm by Staff

. By JOHN NOSTA, NostaLabs What is the zip code of your innovation lab? Or, should I ask for the genetic sequencing of your innovation connective tissue? My concern is t.... Read More
Business/Technology

It's Time for Business Continuity and Data Protection

Oct 18, 2018 at 06:31 pm by Staff

. By CURTIS PARTRIDGE When we think of business continuity or disaster recovery, disasters such as hurricanes or a structure fire come to mind. Though these do live top of.... Read More