Volusia-Brevard Local News

New President Set to Take Over Orlando Health Cancer Institute

Mar 09, 2021 at 07:44 pm by pj

    Margo Shoup, MD, MBA, FACS will join Orlando Health as the new president of Orlando Health Cancer Institute and vice president of Orlando Health, where she wil.... Read More

Orlando Health Nursing Program Receives National Accreditation

Mar 09, 2021 at 04:44 pm by pj

    Orlando Health announced that its Orlando Health Registered Nurse Residency program has received accreditation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (A.... Read More

The AMA Disability Plan is NOT Own Specialty

Mar 09, 2021 at 12:37 pm by pj

  By NICK TRAWINSKI   AMA Insurance Website According to the AMA website, the AMA plan contains a preferred definition of disability called ‘own-speci.... Read More

Without a Pandemic Safety Net, Immigrants Living in US Illegally Fall Through the Cracks

Mar 09, 2021 at 09:47 am by pj

  By LJ Dawson, Kaiser Health News Ana’s 9-year-old son was the first in the family to come down with symptoms that looked like covid-19 last March. Soon aft.... Read More

Push Is On for States to Ban Organ Transplant Discrimination

Mar 08, 2021 at 07:48 pm by pj

  By Sara Reardon, Kaiser Health News Griffin Dalrymple is an energetic 7-year-old who loves going to school in Eureka, Montana. But two years ago, the boy describ.... Read More

Biden’s Criticism of Trump Team’s Vaccine Contracts Is a Stretch

Mar 08, 2021 at 07:31 pm by pj

  By Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News   “When I came into office, the prior administration had contracted for not nearly enough vaccine to cover adu.... Read More

The Importance of AI and Resolution-centered Customer Care in the Healthcare Industry

Mar 08, 2021 at 03:54 pm by pj

  By BECKY WATKINS   The healthcare industry has seen a drastic shift in its operations and communications over the last seven months. Since the beginning of.... Read More

AdventHealth, Seminole County Open Doors of Innovative Treatment Center for Opioid Addiction

Mar 08, 2021 at 03:45 pm by pj

    The Hope & Healing Center in Sanford, part of a wide-ranging partnership between AdventHealth and Seminole County to address the opioid crisis, offers a ra.... Read More

Parrish Healthcare and Orlando Health Bring Specialized Pediatric Care to Brevard County

Mar 08, 2021 at 11:51 am by pj

    Orlando Health pediatric specialists will care for newborns, hospitalized children and serve families at The Children’s Center   Parrish Healthcar.... Read More

Your Reputation Precedes You

Mar 06, 2021 at 12:36 am by pj

Four tips for Online Reputation Management   By PAULA WYATT   It is true in healthcare, in life, and in business that a milligram of prevention is worth a kilogr.... Read More

Pandemic Fatigue: Its Real and Affecting Us All 

Mar 06, 2021 at 12:19 am by pj

  By APRIL BOYKIN   Exhausted? Distracted? Experiencing brain fog?  Sad or lonely?  A year into the pandemic and we are all frayed around the edges. Dis.... Read More

In Other Words: Reducing Maternal and Infant Healthcare Disparities Is On Us

Mar 05, 2021 at 04:52 pm by pj

  This month we shine the spotlight on Dr. Meg Prado, President of Women’s and Children’s Services at Envision Healthcare, a leading national medical group..... Read More

Are Your COVID-19 Disinfection Efforts Backfiring? 

Mar 05, 2021 at 12:15 pm by pj

  By MEAGHAN HISLOP    Your current COVID-19 disinfecting practices may be making things worse, even if you think you’re doing everything “right..... Read More

UF Health Names Chief Medical Officer for Central Florida Division

Mar 04, 2021 at 04:27 pm by pj

By Frank Faust The Villages®, Fla  — Kevin E. Behrns, M.D., has been appointed chief medical officer for University of Florida Health Central Florida. In his.... Read More

Coronavirus Deranges the Immune System in Complex and Deadly Ways

Mar 04, 2021 at 04:07 pm by pj

  Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News  There’s a reason soldiers go through basic training before heading into combat: Without careful instruction, green recruits.... Read More

Reopening of Long-Term Care Facilities Is ‘an Absolute Necessity for Our Well-Being’

Mar 04, 2021 at 03:58 pm by pj

  By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News For nearly a year, nursing homes and assisted living centers have been mostly closed to visitors. Now, it’s time for t.... Read More

Accidentally Trashed, Thawed or Expired: Reports of Covid Vaccine Spoilage

Mar 04, 2021 at 03:51 pm by pj

  By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio Kaiser Health News As the speed of covid vaccinations picks up, so do the reports of doses going to waste. And it&rs.... Read More

Children’s Hospitals Grapple With Young Covid ‘Long Haulers’

Mar 04, 2021 at 03:42 pm by pj

  By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News    A slumber party to celebrate Delaney DePue’s 15th birthday last summer marked a new chapter &.... Read More

New Analysis Shows Medicare Spending Patterns Upended by COVID-19 Pandemic

Mar 03, 2021 at 08:36 pm by pj

Medicare spending on physician services declined an estimated $9.4 billion between Jan. and June 2020The COVID-19 pandemic upended projected patterns of spending for physician.... Read More

AdventHealth is First in Central Florida to Perform Procedure for Treating Aggressive Brain Tumors

Mar 03, 2021 at 08:32 pm by pj

  GammaTile begins killing cancer cells immediately via tiny tiles containing radioactive seeds embedded in biodegradable collagen. An AdventHealth neurosurgeon and rad.... Read More