Clinical

AdventHealth Mission Control Drives Improved Emergency Department Outcomes

Jan 27, 2023 at 01:29 am by pj

  AdventHealth Mission Control is proving to be a critical component in the emergency department by increasing success rates in several key areas, including connect.... Read More

Through research and innovation, AdventHealth strengthens the nursing experience – and physicians back the effort

Jan 24, 2023 at 12:22 pm by pj

  By Neil Finkler, M.D., chief clinical officer, AdventHealth Central Florida Division    The health care industry is facing unique challenges.... Read More

Flu, RSV, or COVID-19? Convergence of Three Viruses Creates Risk of Diagnostic Errors

Jan 17, 2023 at 06:55 pm by pj

  By Debra Kane Hill, MBA, RN, Senior Patient Safety Risk Manager, The Doctors Company With the arrival of colder weather, it is likely that healthcare practitioners wi.... Read More

Virtual Telemetry Creating a World of New Options for Higher-Acuity Cardiac Patients

Jan 01, 2023 at 07:03 pm by pj

  By Stuart Long   The COVID-19 pandemic had a large impact on hospital operations. As facilities became overwhelmed by COVID-19 care needs, non-COVID healthcare.... Read More

Rallying Around Clinical Trial Programs

Dec 01, 2022 at 11:53 pm by pj

   Why it’s time to talk about paying clinical trial participants more money   By LYNNE JETER   For the last three years, clinical trials have g.... Read More

States Opting Out of a Federal Program That Tracks Teen Behavior as Youth Mental Health Worsens

Oct 26, 2022 at 09:45 pm by pj

  By Daniel Chang, Kaiser Health News    As the covid-19 pandemic worsened a mental health crisis among America’s young people, a small group of s.... Read More

Fatigue Puts U.S Businesses At Risk of New Covid Wave

Oct 18, 2022 at 04:28 pm by pj

As European Covid deaths rise, it’s time for businesses to review their pandemic planning and ensure lockdowns won’t be needed or even recommended.   As Eur.... Read More

Don’t Leave At-Home Care Behind

Oct 18, 2022 at 12:09 am by pj

  Susan Benoit, President of CenterWell Home Health   The pandemic has been a tremendous source of stress and sadness for far too many, especially our nation&rsqu.... Read More

Dr. Erica Stockwell first in Central Florida to use Anovo Surgical System in gynecologic procedure

Oct 15, 2022 at 02:53 pm by pj

  AdventHealth Celebration recently made history by being the first in the hospital system to do a robotic gynecologic procedure on the new Anovo Surgical System. Advent.... Read More

AdventHealth among first in the U.S. to use new MITRIS RESILIA Bioprosthetic Mitral Replacement Valve with anti-calcification technology

Oct 15, 2022 at 02:37 pm by pj

  AdventHealth Orlando Cardiovascular Surgeon Kevin Accola, M.D., was among the first to use the new MITRIS valve and participated in the COMMENCE pre-market c.... Read More

DOH and DCF Visit Marion County CORE Network

Oct 15, 2022 at 02:02 pm by pj

  Ocala  —  State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Deputy Secretary for Health Dr. Kenneth Scheppke, and Florida Department of Children and Famili.... Read More

Orlando Health ORMC Institute for Advanced Rehabilitation helps Central Florida mom who experienced sudden paralysis walk again

Oct 15, 2022 at 01:48 pm by pj

  Geneva Brier-Daniels developed transverse myelitis following a COVID-19 infection   Geneva Brier-Daniels and dozens of other spinal cord injury patients reunite.... Read More

New partnership allows historically Black university students a pathway to earn UF nursing degree

Oct 15, 2022 at 01:13 pm by pj

  By Anna Hoffman   Students from a historically Black university in Florida will soon have a dedicated pathway to earn a bachelor of science in nursing, or B.S.N.... Read More

DBS trial for difficult-to-treat Tourette syndrome shows promise

Oct 05, 2022 at 06:46 pm by pj

By Michelle Jaffee In a first-in-human clinical trial of four participants, closed-loop deep brain stimulation was shown to be a feasible, safe and beneficial treatment for d.... Read More

UF Health researcher co-leading landmark study on autism’s role in aging

Oct 05, 2022 at 06:43 pm by pj

  By Doug Bennett   While the number of adults affected by autism is growing, very little is known about the way the condition is impacted by aging. Now, a Univer.... Read More

Sleep and Mental and Physical Health

Sep 28, 2022 at 03:15 pm by pj

  Mary-Catherine Segota, Psy D “I can’t sleep!” How many times is that said in the office? Probably more than you can count, with a national average r.... Read More

Shift in Child Hospice Care Is a Lifeline for Parents Seeking a Measure of Comfort and Hope

Sep 28, 2022 at 10:00 am by pj

  By Bernard J. Wolfson, Kaiser Health News   When you first meet 17-month-old Aaron Martinez, it’s not obvious that something is catastrophically.... Read More

Study evaluates college football players’ positions for risk of concussions

Sep 22, 2022 at 11:05 am by pj

  A new research study looks inside the brains of college football athletes to measure levels of traumatic brain injury (TBI) biomarkers by player position. This study,.... Read More

Orlando can reduce deaths from women’s cancers. Here’s how. 

Sep 22, 2022 at 12:49 am by pj

  By Nancy G. Brinker Black and Hispanic women in Orlando are dying at a disproportionate rate — as they are around the nation — of breast and cervical canc.... Read More

Genetic Tests Create Treatment Opportunities and Confusion for Breast Cancer Patients

Sep 21, 2022 at 11:39 am by pj

  By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News   The past decade has witnessed a rapid expansion of genetic tests, including new instruments to inform patients wh.... Read More

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