Orlando Regulatory

Nation's Top Doc Wants The Overdose Antidote Widely On Hand. Is That Feasible?

Apr 19, 2018 at 05:04 pm by Staff

. Shefali Luthra, Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News When Surgeon General Jerome Adams issued an advisory calling for more people to carry naloxone -- not just people at overd.... Read More
Clinical

Drug Test Spurs Frank Talk Between Hypertension Patients And Doctors

Apr 19, 2018 at 04:48 pm by Staff

. Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, Kaiser Health News There's an irony at the heart of the treatment of high blood pressure. The malady itself often has no symptoms, ye.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Congress Urged To Cut Medicare Payments To Many Stand-Alone ERs

Apr 19, 2018 at 04:31 pm by Staff

. Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News The woman arrived at the emergency department gasping for air, her severe emphysema causing such shortness of breath that the physicia.... Read More
Clinical

AMA Sees Progress in Declining Opioid Prescriptions, Urges Continued Focus on Evidence-Based Treatment

Apr 19, 2018 at 10:27 am by Staff

Statement from Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA, chair of the AMA Opioid Task Force "A 22-percent decrease in opioid prescriptions nationally between 2013 and 2017 reflects the.... Read More
Clinical

'Scary' Lung Disease Now Afflicts More Women Than Men In U.S.

Apr 16, 2018 at 04:31 pm by Staff

. Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News Joan Cousins was among a generation of young women who heard -- and bought into the idea -- that puffing on a cigarette was sophisticated,.... Read More
Clinical

Barbara Bush's End-Of-Life Decision Stirs Debate Over 'Comfort Care'

Apr 16, 2018 at 04:20 pm by Staff

.   Melissa Bailey and JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News As she nears death at age 92, former first lady Barbara Bush's announcement that she is seeking "comfort care".... Read More
Business/Technology

ASAM and the AMA Announce Innovative Payment Model to Improve Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder

Apr 16, 2018 at 10:59 am by Staff

. Alternative Payment Model Aims to Combine Payment for Medical and Psychosocial Support Services . The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and the American Medi.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Osceola Regional Medical Center Trains Over 3,000 on Life-saving "STOP THE BLEED"

Apr 13, 2018 at 03:17 pm by Staff

. Since adopting the "Stop the Bleed, Save a Life" program in August 2017, Osceola Regional Medical Center has educated more than 3,000 Central Floridians on critical blee.... Read More
Business/Technology

FDA Launches Criminal Investigation Into Unauthorized Herpes Vaccine Research

Apr 12, 2018 at 12:51 pm by Staff

  Marisa Taylor, Kaiser Health News The Food and Drug Administration has launched a criminal investigation into research by a Southern Illinois University professor who.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Medical Marijuana's 'Catch-22': Federal Limits On Research Hinder Patients' Relief

Apr 12, 2018 at 12:30 pm by Staff

  Marisa Taylor, Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News By the time Ann Marie Owen turned to marijuana to treat her pain, she was struggling to walk and talk. She also hall.... Read More
Clinical

What We Know And Don't Know About Memory Loss After Surgery

Apr 12, 2018 at 12:22 pm by Staff

  Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News Two years ago, Dr. Daniel Cole's 85-year-old father had heart bypass surgery. He hasn't been quite the same since. "He forgets thin.... Read More
Grand Rounds

Cyrus Diagnostic Imaging Offering Enhanced Comfort and Power in MRIs

Apr 10, 2018 at 10:49 pm by Staff

. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) exams have become one of the fastest growing types of medical diagnostic tests in the United States, due, in large part, to its ability to.... Read More
Business/Technology

Humana Acquires Family Physicians Group

Apr 10, 2018 at 02:45 pm by Staff

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) has announced the completion of the acquisition of Family Physicians Group (FPG). Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, FPG is one of the largest at-ris.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

C-SPAN: FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb Talks Opioids to Drug Prices

Apr 09, 2018 at 07:00 pm by Staff

Kaiser Health News reporter Sarah Jane Tribble sat down with Dr. Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, on C-SPAN's "Newsmakers" program, wh.... Read More
Business/Technology

AMA and Google Launch Health Care Interoperability and Innovation Challenge

Apr 09, 2018 at 02:07 pm by Staff

. The American Medical Association (AMA) today announced the AMA Health Care Interoperability and Innovation Challenge sponsored by Google to inspire novel examples of mo.... Read More
Orlando Regulatory

Scrutiny Increases on Healthcare Providers in Central Florida

Apr 09, 2018 at 12:03 pm by Staff

By A. Lee Bentley, III, and Jason Mehta In the past month, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida--the primary federal law enforcement authority in Ce.... Read More
Clinical

Public Awareness of Cancer Drug Shortages Is Low

Apr 08, 2018 at 11:15 pm by Staff

  .   The U.S. population is largely unaware that there are shortages in the availability of cancer drugs, according to a study published early online in CANCER,.... Read More
Business/Technology

Five Essentials of a Winning Office Culture

Apr 08, 2018 at 07:41 pm by Staff

. By TRAVIS JACOB In an environment of an ever-changing workforce and (sometimes daily) changes in technology, the one thing that can and must remain constant in.... Read More
Clinical

Knowledge is Power

Apr 08, 2018 at 07:18 pm by Staff

.   By ROBERT CAPOBIANCO, MD   Breast cancer is a pervasive, highly publicized and very personal disease. Most everyone has a mother, sister, relative or friend.... Read More
Clinical

Radiology Insights: Childhood Cancer: Why Does it Happen?

Apr 08, 2018 at 07:07 pm by Staff

  By LEENA KAMAT, MD   Interestingly, cancer is the second leading cause of death in children less than age 14 with accidents being number one. Childhood cancers.... Read More