SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loans, Advance Program Reopened to Small Businesses and Non-Profits Impacted by COVID-19

Jun 16, 2020 at 11:02 am by pj

   WASHINGTON – To further meet the needs of U.S. small businesses and non-profits, the U.S. Small Business Administration reopened the Economi.... Read More

New Cath Lab Opens at South Seminole Hospital

Jun 15, 2020 at 12:25 pm by pj

Physicians and administrators from Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital and Longwood Mayor Matt Morgan (third from left, second row) gathered to cut the ribbon on a new cath.... Read More

Orlando Immunology Center Selected by NIH for COVID-19 Vaccine Studies

Jun 15, 2020 at 11:44 am by pj

Orlando Immunology Center (OIC) is proud to announce to the Central Florida community that our research center located at 1707 N Mills  Avenue, Orlando, 32803 has been selecte.... Read More

SBA and Treasury Announce New Guidance on the Paycheck Protection Program  

Jun 15, 2020 at 10:35 am by pj

  WASHINGTON—The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, issued new and revised guidance for the Paycheck Pro.... Read More

Fighting COVID And Police Brutality, Medical Teams Take To Streets To Treat Protesters

Jun 11, 2020 at 07:06 am by pj

(Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)   LJ Dawson, Kaiser Health News DENVER — Amid clouds of choking tear gas, booming flash-bang gren.... Read More

Using Stories to Mentally Survive as a COVID-19 Clinician

Jun 11, 2020 at 07:02 am by pj

    Stephanie Stephens, Kaiser Health News Dr. Christopher Travis, an intern in obstetrics-gynecology, has cared for patients with COVID-19 and performed surgery.... Read More

Administration Encourages Reopening of Healthcare Facilities

Jun 10, 2020 at 10:59 pm by pj

  New recommendations provide guidance to health systems and patients as COVID-19 cases decline The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a g.... Read More

New Coronavirus Hot Spots Emerge Across South and in California, as Northeast Slows

Jun 10, 2020 at 10:52 pm by pj

  Martha Bebinger, WBUR and Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio and Jackie Fortiér, KPCC  Mass protests against police violence across the U.S. have public.... Read More

Volusia County Medical Society Welcomes its New FSU Representatives

Jun 10, 2020 at 05:14 pm by pj

Please helps us welcome our three new student representatives! These students will be participating in VCMS activities throughout the year - we're thrilled to have them aboard.... Read More

How to be Successful Closing Online Leads if Insurance Doesn’t Cover the Cost

Jun 09, 2020 at 08:05 pm by pj

By QUINTIN L. GUNN, SR.   In most cases the least paid person can have the biggest impact on the practice. Why do we say this? Often the person answering the phone is.... Read More

Three New Scientific Theories to Explain Why Women are More Susceptible to Autoimmune Disease than Men

Jun 09, 2020 at 07:14 pm by pj

  By Chad Larson, NMD, DC, CCN, CSCS   Although autoimmune disease (AD) affects both genders, women are at an overwhelming disadvantage. Of the approximate 8 perc.... Read More

The Elevator Arises As The Latest Logjam In Getting Back To Work

Jun 09, 2020 at 06:11 pm by pj

(Hannah Norman/KHN Illustration)   Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News When the American Medical Association moved its headquarters to a famous Chicago skyscraper in 2013.... Read More

For EMTs, There’s No ‘Rule Book’ For Facing A Pandemic And Protests At Once

Jun 09, 2020 at 06:05 pm by pj

    Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News  Emergency medical services across the country, already burdened by the high demands of COVID-19, have faced.... Read More

When A Doctor No Longer Accepts Medicare, Patients Left Holding The Bag

Jun 09, 2020 at 06:00 pm by pj

(Hannah Norman/KHN Illustration)   Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News  Pneumonia. Heart problems. High cholesterol. Betsy Carrier, 71, and her husband,.... Read More

Society Is Reopening. Prepare To Hunker Down At Home Again.

Jun 09, 2020 at 05:44 pm by pj

  Bernard J. Wolfson, Kaiser Health News Even before the May 25 killing of George Floyd in police custody drew large crowds of protesters into the streets of U.S. citie.... Read More

AdventHealth Daytona Beach Names New Chief Financial Officer

Jun 08, 2020 at 08:11 pm by pj

AdventHealth Daytona Beach has selected Cory Domayer to serve as chief financial officer.  In this role, he will oversee the overall financial operations of the 362-bed.... Read More

FDA Approves Antibiotic for Hospital-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia and Ventilator-Associated Bacterial Pneumonia

Jun 08, 2020 at 08:03 pm by pj

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Recarbrio (a combination of imipenem-cilastatin and relebactam) to treat hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-as.... Read More

FDA Reissues EUAs Revising Which Types of Respirators Can Be Decontaminated for Reuse

Jun 08, 2020 at 08:01 pm by pj

In response to public health and safety concerns about the appropriateness of decontaminating certain respirators, the agency is reissuing certain emergency use authorizations.... Read More

Rapid Changes to Health System Spurred by COVID Might Be Here to Stay

Jun 08, 2020 at 07:38 pm by pj

  Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News The U.S. health care system is famously resistant to government-imposed change. It took decades to create Medicare and Medicaid, most.... Read More

Keeping Seniors Cool this Summer

Jun 08, 2020 at 06:36 pm by pj

By JOHN HENRY   In the heat of summer, it’s always important to remember to help our seniors stay cool in the warm weather. If the senior in your life enjoys bein.... Read More