April 26, 2024
Healthcare
Florida's growing Alzheimer's population requires more research
Special report, "Florida's Looming Alzheimer's Crisis," calls for additional research into Alzheimer's to prepare for the state's aging population and to seek a viable preventative treatment.
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Published on 4/4/2014
Nurse practitioners caught between a doc and a hard place
A doctor in the Florida Legislature hopes to relax Florida's strict limits on what nurse practitioners can and can't do.
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Published on 3/31/2014
Executive health: A decade by decade guide
Health concerns change as patients get older. Florida's leading doctors recommend taking specific actions during your 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s.
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Published on 1/2/2014
Diet and exercise recommendations
Nutritional considerations and exercise play a bigger role as you age.
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Published on 1/2/2014
Cosmetic treatment for executives
New procedures allow for quicker recovery times from cosmetic procedures.
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Published on 1/2/2014
TissueTech - Miami-Dade Business Profile
To heal the eye of a teenager who was nearly blinded in a fireworks accident in 2011, doctors placed a bandage made from preserved human amniotic membrane over his cornea.
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Published on 12/18/2013
Healing designs: Hospitals in Florida are redesigning to improve outcomes
A movement to redesign hospitals is leading to improved outcomes, lower costs and a competitive edge for some facilities.
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Published on 12/13/2013
Florida Hospitals in 'Expansion Mode'
Despite uncertainty surrounding the new health care law, hospitals around the state are in expansion mode. Here's a look at some projects
in Florida.
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Published on 12/12/2013
A Healthy Alliance - Johns Hopkins & All Children's
From its residency program to clinical studies, Johns Hopkins' acquisition of All Children's in St. Petersburg is starting to pay dividends.
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Published on 12/11/2013
BioFront Technologies
Jason Robotham, an FSU post-doctorate research scientist, launched BioFront Technologies in 2010, aided by co-founder, FSU biological sciences professor Hengli Tang.
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Published on 9/12/2013
Calculations and choices for health insurance
Editor's column by Mark Howard
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Published on 9/5/2013
Health Insurance Overhaul
The Affordable Care Act is poised to transform Florida's health insurance system, encouraging more people to buy insurance.
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Published on 9/3/2013
A disrupted health care market in Florida
A cornerstone of the Affordable Care Act is the new health care exchanges that will sell insurance online to individuals and small businesses.
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Published on 9/3/2013
An Affordable Care Act case study
To illustrate the choices that companies face under the Affordable Care Act, consider a hypothetical firm, Florida Inc...
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Published on 9/3/2013
Opportunity amid uncertainty in Florida's health care
What do you do when the government decides to become your biggest competitor?
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Published on 9/3/2013
Insurance overhaul impact on a large employer: Bealls
Because of the ACA, Bealls says they will enforce a strict 30-hour workweek on part-time workers. Also, health care costs for full-time workers will increase.
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Published on 9/3/2013
Insurance overhaul impact on a midsized employer: Firehouse Subs
Because of the ACA, Firehouse Subs will likely have to ask full-time employees to pay a portion of their health care premiums.
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Published on 9/3/2013
Insurance overhaul impact on a small employer: Aegis Business Technologies
Pam Butler, business owner of Aegis, is not planning any changes to employee's health care coverage.
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Published on 9/3/2013
Florida's health care insurance exchange
Last year, Gov. Rick Scott rejected the option under the Affordable Care Act to set up a state-based online health insurance exchange...
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Published on 9/3/2013
Employers taking 'wait and see' attitude toward health insurance
While many expect the link between job and health insurance to disappear over time, most employers say they don't plan to stop offering health care in the short term.
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Published on 9/3/2013
More health care mandates means more money
The law requires health plans to meet minimum standards. Men will pay for health care that offers maternity benefits.
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Published on 9/3/2013
Biscayne Pharmaceuticals
For more than half a century, Nobel Prize-winning scientist and University of Miami faculty member Andrew Schally has been researching the hormones that stimulate growth in the body's tissues.
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Published on 8/14/2013
Showing patients: Profile of Optima Healthcare Solutions
Today, Optima Healthcare Solutions in Palm City in Martin County specializes in software that integrates clinical, administrative and financial reporting for therapy for 7,000 nursing homes, skilled nursing centers and assisted-living facilities and also for home health.
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Published on 8/13/2013
Patrick Geraghty of Florida Blue discusses health insurance exchanges
Patrick Geraghty, Chairman and CEO for Florida Blue, discusses the impending health insurance exchanges. Geraghty also offers practical advice for small business owners who are looking to participate in the exchanges.
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Published on 7/29/2013
Patrick Geraghty of Florida Blue on why Florida should accept Medicaid funds
Patrick Geraghty, Chairman and CEO for Florida Blue, offers reasons why Florida should take the $51 billion in Federal Medicaid funding.
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Published on 7/29/2013
