April 26, 2024
Healthcare
Growing to Compete: Hospitals undergo renovations and expansions
As hospitals search for the scale to be economically viable, expansions are under way throughout Southeast Florida.
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Published on 11/28/2018
FSC focuses on Central Florida's health care needs with new Doctor of Nursing Practice Program
With its planned launch of a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program in fall 2019, Florida Southern College will help address the urgent healthcare needs of Polk County residents. The goal of the program is to strengthen the leadership skills of nursing professionals, preparing them to make critically important organizational changes to improve patient care.
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Published on 10/26/2018
Florida Hospital Tampa Launches Largest Surgical Expansion in Tampa Bay History and Largest Expansion in Hospital History
Florida Hospital Tampa, part of the West Florida Division of Adventist Health System, soon to be AdventHealth, officially broke ground on a six-story, 300,000 square foot patient and surgical tower at the corner of Fletcher Ave. and Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, FL.
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Published on 10/23/2018
Gov. Scott Appeals Major Medical Marijuana Ruling
Less than three hours before a 5 p.m. deadline, Gov. Rick Scott's administration Friday filed a notice to appeal a Tallahassee judge's order that struck down a 2017 medical marijuana law as unconstitutional.
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Published on 10/23/2018
Poll: As Midterms Approach, Health Care Remains Voters' Top Issue, But President Trump and Other Factors Also Loom Large
Most Florida Voters Favor Expanding Medicaid in their State, As Do Voters across All Non-Expansion States
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Published on 10/23/2018
UF Health TraumaOne receives top national recognition
UF Health TraumaOne, the only adult and pediatric Level I trauma center in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia, has received official verification from the American College of Surgeons, a distinction given only to trauma centers that meet the most stringent criteria.
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Published on 10/17/2018
2019 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles
On October 12, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2019 premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance amounts for the Medicare Part A and Part B programs.
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Published on 10/16/2018
Gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum's platform on health care in Florida
Andrew believes that healthcare should be a fundamental right, not a privilege. Instead, extreme politicians refuse to acknowledge that Floridians struggle every day to keep themselves and their families from going bankrupt due to the lack or cost of healthcare. Andrew believes that Senator Sanders' Medicare for All plan will help lower costs and expand coverage to more Floridians.
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Published on 10/16/2018
E-Cigarette Use Increased By 60 Percent Among Florida's Youth
E-cigarette use among young people in Florida spiked over the past year, according to data released by Tobacco Free Florida.
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Published on 9/25/2018
Surterra's Beau Wrigley, Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville team to create a new medical marijuana brand: Coral Reefer
Initial launch planned in spring 2019 in Florida
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Published on 9/12/2018
USDA Confirms Atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced today that it is working closely with the U.S. Department of Agriculture regarding an atypical case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), a neurologic disease of cattle, in a six-year-old, mixed-breed beef cow in Florida.
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Published on 8/30/2018
Adventist Health System Announces Plans to Become AdventHealth
All of the organization's wholly owned entities will begin carrying the AdventHealth name on Jan. 2, 2019.
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Published on 8/14/2018
Babies with Zika-related Health Problems Continue to Need Attention
Data from US Zika Registry show importance of monitoring health and development
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Published on 8/8/2018
Florida Health Announces Take Control Website to Inform Public on Controlled Substances Bill
The Florida Department of Health is announcing a new campaign aimed at informing the public about the Controlled Substances Bill (CS/CS/HB 21) that took effect in Florida on July 1, 2018.
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Published on 8/7/2018
Florida Is 2018's 10th Worst State for Health Care
With the Affordable Care Act remaining in effect and the CDC reporting that over 88 percent of the population has a regular place to go for medical care, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018's Best & Worst States for Health Care as well as accompanying videos.
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Published on 8/6/2018
NSU Hosts White Coat Ceremony for First M.D. Class and 38th Entering D.O. Class
Florida-based Nova Southeastern University Becomes First University in the Nation to Train D.O. and M.D. Students on the Same Campus
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Published on 7/31/2018
Quiet giant: Pediatric Associates treats half a million patients
A Plantation pediatric company has quietly grown into Florida's and the nation's largest private pediatric practice.
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Published on 7/27/2018
The bug buzz: Florida is fertile ground for viruses that may piggyback on tourists
“We're basically the equivalent of a tropical country sitting here in the United States.”
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Published on 7/27/2018
Babies in Florida: The healthiest and unhealthiest counties for infants
Birth Rates; Florida's Caesarean Line; mothers who smoke; obesity and pregnancy; breastfeeding
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Published on 7/27/2018
Trend: ‘Health in all policies' takes root
Individual and community health often are a function of larger social and economic factors such as income, education and social engagement...
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Published on 7/27/2018
Florida has a pattern of cutting spending on public health
By one measure, Florida cut its total spending on public health by 35% between 2009 and 2015.
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Published on 7/27/2018
A healthier approach: Hotelier Harris Rosen makes health care a priority
Hotelier Harris Rosen has a small empire, with nine hotels around Orlando. You might not expect to find out that Rosen is also an innovator in health care...
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Published on 7/27/2018
Funding For Obamacare Navigators In Florida Cut By 81 Percent
Programs that help people sign up for Affordable Care Act plans in Florida will have their funding cut by 81 percent this year.
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Published on 7/24/2018
Florida's Medical Marijuana Implementation Continues To Vex Lawmakers
The Department's Office of Compassionate Use has been slammed with nearly two dozen lawsuits, half which continue to be litigated. But speaking to reporters after a Wednesday budget review committee, Sen. Rob Bradley, R-Orange Park, says the department is getting better.
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Published on 7/24/2018
