Manatee Memorial Hospital Recognized for Higher Quality in Bariatric Surgery

Mar 16, 2021 at 02:33 pm by pj

  Manatee Memorial Hospital is proud to be recognized by BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION (BCBSA) with a Blue Distinction® Centers for Bariatric Surgery design.... Read More

Individuals With Special Needs Must Also Be Prioritized for COVID-19 Vaccine

Mar 16, 2021 at 02:24 pm by pj

  By Sharon Alexander   In early February, President Biden announced that by summer 2021 there will be enough vaccines for everyone in the U.S., and he has since.... Read More

Orlando Health Secures Naming Rights and Partnership with Full Sail University’s Esports Arena

Mar 16, 2021 at 01:48 pm by pj

   Formerly known as “The Fortress” the award-winning esports arena is now officially the “Full Sail University Orlando Health Fortress&.... Read More

Space Coast Health Centers Now Open

Mar 16, 2021 at 01:32 pm by pj

 New Organization Provides Unconditional Behavioral Health, OB/GYN and Primary Care   Space Coast Health Centers (SCHC) is now open and accepting patients to prov.... Read More

 Shepherd’s Hope Receives $75,000 Grant from TD Charitable Foundation

Mar 16, 2021 at 11:26 am by pj

    Shepherd’s Hope has been awarded a $75,000 grant by TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank to sup.... Read More

The Boom in Out-of-State Telehealth Threatens In-State Providers

Mar 16, 2021 at 01:45 am by pj

  By Matt Volz, Kaiser Health News When the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation began offering telehealth services in early February, the nation’s largest nonprof.... Read More

Covid Cases Plummet 83 Percent Among Nursing Home Staffers Despite Vaccine Hesitancy

Mar 16, 2021 at 01:40 am by pj

  By Melissa Bailey and Shoshana Dubnow, Kaiser Health News Joan Phillips, a certified nursing assistant in a Florida nursing home, loved her job but dre.... Read More

Did CDC Delays in Up-To-Date Masking Advice Cost Health Workers’ Lives?

Mar 16, 2021 at 01:31 am by pj

  By Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News Since the start of the pandemic, the most terrifying task in health care was thought to be when a doctor put a breathing.... Read More

To Extract More Doses per Vial, Vaccinators Put Squeeze on FDA to Relax Vaccine Handling Advice

Mar 16, 2021 at 01:25 am by pj

  By Arthur Allen, Kaiser Health News   President Joe Biden has promised enough covid vaccine to immunize every willing adult by June 1. But right now, the g.... Read More

Carl Stahl Sava Industries Partners with Unlimited Tomorrow to Help Restore Motion to the Limb Difference Community

Mar 15, 2021 at 04:35 pm by pj

Carl Stahl Sava Industries partnered with Unlimited Tomorrow, the innovative makers of TrueLimb, the first-ever of its kind affordable, totally autonomous prosthetic arm that.... Read More

Orlando Health Network Saved Medicare and Commercial Insurers $18.3 Million

Mar 12, 2021 at 04:46 pm by pj

  The cost savings represents a big win for the Florida-based clinically integrated network.    Orlando Health Networ.... Read More

Digital Pill Company etectRx Selects Biotech Vet VP as of Product Management

Mar 12, 2021 at 04:41 pm by pj

   Digital health company, etectRx, Inc. recently announced Adam Standley as vice president of product management. In his ne.... Read More

Axiom Bank Hires Jordan Wilson as Vice-President, Commercial and Industrial Loan Relationship Manager

Mar 11, 2021 at 01:30 pm by pj

    Axiom Bank, N.A., a Maitland-based, leading community bank, recently named Jordan Wilson as Vice President, Commercial and Industrial (C&I) Loan Relationsh.... Read More

One Year In: How Covid’s Toll Compares With Other Causes of Death

Mar 11, 2021 at 12:04 pm by pj

  By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact, Kaiser Health News Now that the coronavirus has been in the United States for roughly a year, new numbers are revealing the scale.... Read More

High Obesity Rates in Southern States Magnify Covid Threat

Mar 11, 2021 at 11:58 am by pj

  By Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News  In January, as Mississippi health officials planned for their incoming shipments of covid-19 vaccine, they assesse.... Read More

Healthcare Now Radio March 6, 2021

Mar 11, 2021 at 11:02 am by pj

Join Larry Jones, CEO, Independent Healthcare Partners, and Dr. Mark Chaet, Pediatric Surgery, PA, along with John Kelly, Publisher of Orlando Medical News as t.... Read More

Testing Quarantined Students Before Returning to School Helps Prevent Asymptomatic Cases from Re-entering Classroom

Mar 11, 2021 at 10:23 am by pj

  By Jill Pease Many high school students on day nine or later of their COVID-19 quarantine period tested positive for the virus, a University of Florida study publishe.... Read More

Pfizer’s Newest Vaccine Plant Has Persistent Mold Issues, History of Recalls

Mar 11, 2021 at 12:59 am by pj

  By Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News  Pfizer’s management knew last year there was “a mold issue” at the Kansas facility now sla.... Read More

What Childhood Vaccine Rates Can, and Can’t, Teach Us About Covid Vaccines

Mar 11, 2021 at 12:50 am by pj

  By Rae Ellen Bichell, Kaiser Health News   Polls show Americans are increasingly interested in getting vaccinated against covid-19, but such surveys are l.... Read More

CMS Updates Nursing Home Guidance with Revised Visitation Recommendations

Mar 10, 2021 at 06:35 pm by pj

  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), issued updated guidance for nursing.... Read More