April 26, 2024
Healthcare
Jacksonville University takes a community approach to its nursing simulation program
With a mission to reduce medical errors, Jacksonville University has opened its nursing simulation facility to the Northeast Florida medical community.
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Published on 10/28/2020
FIU launches sexual assault survivors forensic exams program for nurses
FIU's new program teaches nurses how to collect DNA evidence, tend to patients' physical and emotional needs and become expert witnesses...
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Published on 10/28/2020
Florida nurse Ashley DeShields call to duty
From the time she was a child, Ashley DeShields had a vague sense that she would choose a profession that would enable her to help people...
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Published on 10/28/2020
Former UCF nursing students research improving COVID-19 patients oxygen levels
The pandemic has highlighted the research of two former UCF nursing students on prone-positioning ...
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Published on 10/28/2020
How Florida's long-term care facilities are managing the COVID-19 virus
Most long-term care facilities have had no COVID-19-related fatalities during the pandemic. But when the virus gets into a facility, the results could be disastrous.
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Published on 8/26/2020
Phase two of the Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville and Wolfson Children's Hospital expansion
Wolfson Children's Hospital completed the first phase of a multi-year, $200-million construction project in May. The hospital, one of five owned by Baptist Health, placed a 110-ton steel skybridge over Palm Avenue in Jacksonville.
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Published on 7/27/2020
Winnie Palmer Hospital's new newborn screening process means less wait time for test results
In Florida, the state requires newborns to be screened for 57 disorders, ranging from sickle cell disease to cystic fibrosis. Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital has instituted an electronic process...
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Published on 7/27/2020
Nemours sees 2,200% rise in telehealth visits during COVID-19 pandemic
Nemours Children's Health System launched its CareConnect telemedicine platform in 2015 — but use of the video visit service has surged during the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Published on 7/27/2020
Effort to expand flu vaccinations dies in the Florida Senate
In the flu season that ended in the spring, thousands of Florida children got the flu and 14 died. Most of those who died hadn't gotten a flu shot.
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Published on 7/27/2020
Ascension Sacred Heart's children's hospital $85-million expansion
Only a year after opening, Ascension Sacred Heart's $85-million, 126-bed Studer Family Children's Hospital in Pensacola is undergoing a growth spurt.
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Published on 7/27/2020
Nicklaus Children's Hospital is helping treat children with rare illness caused by the coronavirus
Nicklaus Children's Hospital in Miami has carved out space in its intensive care unit to treat Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), a rare illness that can appear several weeks after exposure to the coronavirus.
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Published on 7/27/2020
COVID-19-related mental health challenges facing Florida's children
Jennifer Katzenstein, director of psychology and neuropsychology at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, spoke to FLORIDA TREND...
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Published on 7/27/2020
Sunsetting VistA
The VA was the first in the nation to integrate electronic medical records with its homegrown software. Now the agency is junking it and migrating to Cerner.
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Published on 4/7/2020
Orlando Health's Epic EHR Overhaul
Orlando Health's EHR switch aims to create a complete patient story in one place.
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Published on 4/7/2020
Sore point: Allegations of fraud in the Electronic Health Records market
Since 2017, three EHR vendors have paid more than $357 million combined to settle government claims related to fraud, kickbacks and other alleged abuses.
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Published on 4/7/2020
Florida's electronic medical records
A $35-billion federal investment in getting health care providers to replace paper charts with electronic health records was a windfall for software vendors. Whether it has helped improve health care is another question.
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Published on 3/25/2020
Teen develops “Germ Genie” to protect travelers from diseases
Henry Hurowitz couldn't have timed his new product and company better.
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Published on 3/25/2020
AdventHealth Nicholson Center opens Prototype Lab to help physician inventors
Each year, doctors from around the world come to AdventHealth Nicholson Center in Celebration to practice surgical techniques using robots and other high-tech devices.
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Published on 3/25/2020
Naples' NCH Healthcare System buys germ-killing robot
In the battle against superbugs, Southwest Florida's NCH Healthcare System has a new high-tech weapon.
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Published on 3/25/2020
Florida Obamacare enrollment
Florida leads the nation in Obamacare enrollment, and more insurance firms are entering the Florida marketplace. The news isn't all good, however.
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Published on 3/25/2020
UF developed tiny chip tracks med-taking
Digital tech company etectRX has received FDA clearance for its ID-CAP system, which verifies medicinal dosage to patients and physicians using digital technology.
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Published on 2/26/2020
Tampa General Hospital's new organ donation equipment
Tampa General Hospital has started using new equipment that enables donor hearts, lungs and livers to be transported at body temperature rather than chilled and transported in coolers.
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Published on 2/26/2020
Jabil Launches Jabil Healthcare, the Largest Healthcare Manufacturing Solutions Provider
Jabil combines Nypro with its Orthopedics, Spine, Trauma, and associated medical instruments businesses to deliver unmatched depth and breadth of advanced manufacturing solutions and innovative technical capabilities.
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Published on 2/3/2020
Lung transplant technology collaboration between Mayo Clinic Florida and United Therapeutics
Mayo Clinic Florida expects to have three ex-vivo lung perfusion systems installed and operating by the end of first quarter 2020
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Published on 1/27/2020
