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AMA Issues New Principles to Restore Trust in Data Privacy

May 11, 2020 at 01:27 pm by pj

  Responding to Americans’ growing reluctance to share health data and unresolved tension over eroding personal privacy, the American Medical Association (AMA.... Read More

Parrish Healthcare Care Partners Recognized as COVID-19 Heroes, Along with the Community They Serve

May 09, 2020 at 05:10 pm by pj

  BREVARD COUNTY — National Nurses’ Week and National Hospital Week are May 6-12 and May 10-16 respectively. This year these national recognitions of the h.... Read More

Looking For A Path To Reopen, Employers Weigh COVID Testing Of Workers

May 09, 2020 at 04:54 pm by pj

  Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News  Just a few miles from Disney World, Harris Rosen’s hotel empire is mostly closed because of the COVID pandemic. One cru.... Read More

COVID Bailout Cash Goes To Big Players That Have Paid Millions To Settle Allegations Of Wrongdoing

May 09, 2020 at 04:42 pm by pj

  Rachana Pradhan and Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News  The Trump administration has sent hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic-related bailouts to health ca.... Read More

Reopening In The COVID Era: How To Adapt To A New Normal

May 09, 2020 at 04:34 pm by pj

    Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News  As many states begin to reopen — most without meeting the thresholds recommended by the White House — a ne.... Read More

Opinion: Doctors and Patients Are Pawns in a Dangerous Political Brinkmanship

May 09, 2020 at 12:12 pm by pj

  By ELIZABETH LEE VLIET, MD  Front-line physicians treating patients with SARS-CoV2/COVID-19 are seeing an alarming, escalating, orchestrated attack on chloroquin.... Read More

CMS Announces Final Payment Notice for 2021 Coverage Year

May 09, 2020 at 12:35 am by pj

  Final rule works towards lowering premiums, improving consumer experience, promoting program integrity and stabilizing the market  The Centers for Medicare &.... Read More

Cash-Based Practice Groups, Need Automation and Data Analytics To Grow Their Practice Income. Here's Why?

May 09, 2020 at 12:15 am by pj

By QUINTIN L. GUNN, Sr.   Should Your Business or Medical Practice be Salary Only or Salary With Commission? Here are some of the facts about Customer Sales M.... Read More

CDC Launches National Viral Genomics Consortium to Better Map SARS-CoV-2 Transmission

May 07, 2020 at 02:49 pm by pj

CDC has kicked off the SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing for Public Health Emergency Response, Epidemiology and Surveillance (SPHERES) consortium, which will greatly exp.... Read More

Physicians Actively Scheduling Medical Procedures at HCA Healthcare’s Central Florida Hospitals 

May 07, 2020 at 12:26 pm by pj

  ~ Healthcare services expanding as patients now have ability to schedule needed procedures in addition to  emergency and inpatient care at Central Florida Regiona.... Read More

Therapists Report Growing Cases of PTSD, Trauma, Anxiety

May 07, 2020 at 12:24 pm by pj

  May is Mental Health Awareness Month                   May, Mental Health Awareness Month, is traditionally a.... Read More

Jess Parrish Medical Foundation and Parrish Medical Center Auxiliary Award Scholarships in Healthcare and Medicine

May 07, 2020 at 01:23 am by pj

    Jess Parrish Medical Foundation (JPMF) and Parrish Medical Center (PMC) Auxiliary awarded more than $14,000 in scholarships to 11 outstanding college stud.... Read More

Parrish Healthcare Phased Re-opening Plan for Elective Surgeries and Diagnostic Services

May 05, 2020 at 04:35 pm by pj

  Pursuant to the State of Florida Office of the Governor Executive Order 20-112, Phase 1: Safe. Smart. Step-by-Step. Plan for Florida’s Recovery, Parrish Hea.... Read More

Palliative Care Helped Family Face ‘The Awful, Awful Truth’

May 05, 2020 at 02:26 pm by pj

  Will Stone, Kaiser Health News Seattle mourned the news: Elizabeth and Robert Mar died of COVID-19 within a day of each other. They would have celebrated 50 years of.... Read More

Orlando Research Site Chosen to Perform COVID-19 Clinical Trials

May 05, 2020 at 09:39 am by pj

  The research team at CNS Healthcare, Orlando, Florida has been chosen to begin clinical trials on a medication for the prevention of COVID-19 and a vaccine to protect.... Read More

AMA offers free remote learning resources during COVID-19 

May 04, 2020 at 02:16 pm by pj

  CHICAGO - The American Medical Association (AMA) today announced that it is offering medical students, residents and medical educators free ac.... Read More

As COVID-19 Lurks, Families Are Locked Out Of Nursing Homes. Is It Safe Inside?

May 04, 2020 at 02:11 pm by pj

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Judith Graham Kaiser Health News Families are beset by fear and anxiety as COVID-19 makes inroads at nursing homes across.... Read More

Always The Bridesmaid, Public Health Rarely Spotlighted Until It’s Too Late

May 04, 2020 at 02:06 pm by pj

  Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News  The U.S. is in the midst of both a public health crisis and a health care crisis. Yet most people aren’t aware these are.... Read More

AMA Launches Physician Guide for Reopening Medical Practices

May 04, 2020 at 01:45 pm by pj

Best practices for resuming patient care as states loosen COVID-19 restrictionsIn response to states across the nation revising COVID-19 executive orders to allow electiv.... Read More

Opinion: Letter from the Publisher

May 04, 2020 at 11:11 am by pj

Perspective from a Registered Independent: I must preface by sharing, I am NOT a "conspiracy junkie." I am NOT a doctor or scientist. I am the Publisher of a Regional Medical.... Read More