VA Joins Pentagon in Recruiting Volunteers for COVID Vaccine Trials

Nov 09, 2020 at 01:55 pm by pj

  By Patricia Kime, Kaiser Health News The Department of Veterans Affairs is recruiting 8,000 volunteers for the Phase 3 clinical trials of at least four COVID-19.... Read More

Poor and Minority Children With Food Allergies Overlooked and in Danger

Nov 09, 2020 at 01:50 pm by pj

  By Sandy West, Kaiser Health News As Emily Brown stood in a food pantry looking at her options, she felt alone. Up to that point, she had never struggled financi.... Read More

EOCC: Attitude is Everything 

Nov 09, 2020 at 10:46 am by pj

  By DOROTHY HARDEE    “What consumes your mind controls your life” … Anonymous    We are reminded daily about COVID.... Read More

ACO has Paid Off for My Patients and Practice

Nov 08, 2020 at 01:15 am by pj

  By Donald Collins, MD   In March of 2019 I was trying to decide how my solo Internal Medicine practice near downtown Orlando was going to continue. I had consid.... Read More

Tiniest Baby to Ever Survive at Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital Goes Home After 6 Months

Nov 06, 2020 at 05:13 pm by pj

  Baby Diana Peguero is one of the smallest and most premature babies in the world to survive and thrive. She entered the world as the ultimate Mother's Day surprise on.... Read More

Orlando Health and UCF Athletics Join Forces

Nov 04, 2020 at 11:05 am by pj

  Orlando Health Becomes Official Medical Provider for UCF Athletics   UCF Athletics and Orlando Health are coming together for a transformational long-term partn.... Read More

Administration Finalizes Transformative Medicare Payment Changes  

Nov 03, 2020 at 06:02 pm by pj

  Final Rule improves the determination process for an add-on payment adjustment to incentivize innovative dialysis equipment and supports home dialysis for Medicare&rsq.... Read More

Lake-Sumter Medical Society Announces New Membership Level

Nov 03, 2020 at 05:58 pm by pj

  The Lake-Sumter Medical Society has announced an Associate Membership level for Doctors of Podiatric Medicine and Doctors of Dental Medicine and Dental Surge.... Read More

Seniors Form COVID Pods to Ward Off Isolation This Winter

Nov 03, 2020 at 05:53 pm by pj

  By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News  Over the past month, Dr. Richard Besdine and his wife have been discussing whether to see family and friends indoors t.... Read More

If They Sweep the Elections, Dems Still Face a Challenge Meeting Health Promises

Nov 03, 2020 at 10:41 am by pj

  By Emmarie Huetteman, Kaiser Health News Democrats are favored to win both chambers of Congress after years of campaign-trail promises about health care. But wit.... Read More

Medicare Fines Half of Hospitals for Readmitting Too Many Patients

Nov 03, 2020 at 10:37 am by pj

  By Jordan Rau,  Kaiser Health News  Nearly half the nation’s hospitals, many of which are still wrestling with the financial fallout of the unexp.... Read More

AdventHealth Begins Recruiting Participants for Phase 3 COVID-19 Vaccine Trial   

Nov 02, 2020 at 12:35 pm by pj

AdventHealth will be a testing site for the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson’s Phase 3 clinical research study, ENSEMBLE trial, to evaluate th.... Read More

Trump Administration Finalizes Rule Requiring Health Insurers to Disclose Price and Cost-Sharing Information

Oct 30, 2020 at 06:50 pm by pj

The Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury has issued a final rule on price transparency, helping to en.... Read More

FBI Issues Warning to Hospitals and Healthcare Providers of "Imminent Cybercrime Threat"

Oct 29, 2020 at 07:45 pm by pj

U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers are being warned by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Dep.... Read More

Scientists Warn Americans Are Expecting Too Much From a Vaccine

Oct 29, 2020 at 01:26 am by pj

  By Liz Szabo and JoNel Aleccia Kaiser Health News  The White House and many Americans have pinned their hopes for defeating the COVID-19 pandemic.... Read More

Administration Acts to Ensure Coverage of Life-Saving COVID-19 Vaccines & Therapeutics

Oct 28, 2020 at 06:48 pm by pj

  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is taking steps to ensure all Americans, including the nation’s seniors, have access to the coronavirus di.... Read More

Cell Biology Gurus and UCF Bioimaging Expert Partner to Crack 4th Dimension Secrets

Oct 28, 2020 at 03:23 pm by pj

  The collaboration may lead to new understanding about the role of movement of nuclear organization in gene expression, which could translate into new treatments and cu.... Read More

New AMA Survey Finds Physician Practice Viability Under Threat

Oct 28, 2020 at 10:10 am by pj

Practices face reduced volume, decreased revenue, increased expenses during COVID-19 pandemicCHICAGO – The viability of physician practices remains under threat as the b.... Read More

Seminole County Issues Rabies Alert

Oct 28, 2020 at 10:00 am by pj

    The Florida Department of Health in Seminole County (DOH-Seminole) is issuing a rabies alert for neighborhoods in the eastern Longwood area. The alert is in re.... Read More

Telemedicine or In-Person Visit? Pros and Cons

Oct 27, 2020 at 03:46 pm by pj

  By Bernard J. Wolfson, Kaiser Health News  As COVID-19 took hold in March, U.S. doctors limited in-person appointments — and many patients avoide.... Read More