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

Long-awaited Next Step at Lake Nona

Mar 05, 2021 at 11:44 pm by pj

When Deborah German, MD, first arrived in Central Florida at the end of 2006 to helm the development of UCF College of Medicine, she immediately expressed her view that a teac.... 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

Sonata Senior Living Celebrates Groundbreaking of Sonata Lake Mary

Mar 04, 2021 at 06:18 pm by pj

Sonata Senior Living and capital partner, Berkshire Residential Investments, announced the groundbreaking of their newest senior living community, Sonata Lake Mary, a $62 mill.... Read More

Orlando Health Names New Corporate Director of Diversity and Minority Business Development

Mar 04, 2021 at 05:52 pm by pj

Orlando Health has appointed Quibulah “Quib” Graham, MSPH, BSN, LHRM to the role of corporate director of .... 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

etectRx Targets Mental Health Field in Partnership with Local Health Pharmacy  

Mar 04, 2021 at 12:06 am by pj

  Digital health company, etectRx, Inc., announced a signed letter of intent for a novel partnership with Local Health, Inc., a subsidiary of OneroRx, a leader in operat.... 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

Orlando Health Announces President of Future Orthopedic Hospital

Mar 03, 2021 at 08:29 pm by pj

  Carlos Carrasco selected to lead Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute   Orlando Health has tapped one of its own to oversee the ongoing development of the.... Read More

World-renowned UF Health Biochemistry Researcher Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, Ph.D., Dies

Mar 03, 2021 at 06:17 pm by pj

By Doug Bennett and Karen Dooley University of Florida Health biochemistry professor Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, Ph.D., whose world-renowned work on the detailed structure o.... Read More

Nursing Homes Nationwide See 82 Percent Decline In COVID Cases 

Mar 03, 2021 at 09:07 am by pj

Lowest Amount Of New COVID Cases Since CMS Started Tracking In May 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Li.... Read More

Sorting Out How Politics, Policies Figure in Flap Over New York Nursing Home Covid Death Rates

Mar 02, 2021 at 02:10 pm by pj

  Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News The plaudits have faded for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Once hailed as a paragon of pandemic governing, he’s since come und.... Read More

Nemours Children's Hospital Pioneering Video Integration Services

Mar 02, 2021 at 01:45 pm by pj

  In addition to traditional security and monitoring functions, Milestone Systems’ open platform video management software at Nemours.... Read More

Over 200 Days in the NICU, A Pandemic, and the App that Helped My Family Get Through It

Mar 02, 2021 at 10:28 am by pj

  By LAURA FREELAND   In December 2019, my husband and I were busy getting ready for the holidays. Yet, this year was a little different from years past because I.... Read More