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Making Strides
Healthcare Leaders, FMA Working toward PCMH Legislation Passage in 2011
Earlier this year during the regular Florida legislative session, House Health & Family Services Policy Council Chair Ed Homan, MD, worked diligently for approval of adopting the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model for the state... Read More
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Making Strides
Healthcare Leaders, FMA Working toward PCMH Legislation Passage in 2011
Earlier this year during the regular Florida legislative session, House Health & Family Services Policy Council Chair Ed Homan, MD, worked diligently to bring legislation to a vote for approval of adopting the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model for the state, arguably the best of four options presented to the Florida House of Representatives in a Medicaid Managed Care Evaluation by The Pacific Health Policy Group in March.
LYNNE JETER |
New Federal Study Questions Outpatient Imaging Use
Some Local Hospitals Stand Out for Mammogram, CT, MRI Studies
Several hospitals in Manatee and Sarasota counties may be performing too many mammograms, CT scans and MRI tests, according to a first-ever federal report.
DAVID GULLIVER |
New USF Dean of Nursing Sees Growth in Collaboration
She sounds more like the college's public relations officer, or even its head cheerleader.
But Dianne Morrison-Beedy is the new dean of the University of South Florida's College of Nursing, and after a few minutes of conversation it becomes obvious that her enthusiasm for her new job and her new workplace is completely sincere.
MARTY CLEAR |
Lake Erie College Brings Unique Learning Style to Medicine
A 100 Percent Problem-based Learning Curriculum Provides Medical Students a Head Start
When Andrea Apple heard about Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Bradenton and its unique Problem-Based Learning or PBL curriculum, she knew it was for her.
DAVID ROSENFELD |
Grip, Stance, Align... But Read This Before You Swing
Monday June 16, 2008, US Open. It was the unlikeliest playoff pairing in recent memory. The yet untouched and untarnished superhuman Tiger Woods was desperately fighting for victory against a slightly overweight, middle aged, everyday man Rocco Mediate. While Rocco lost to the chagrin of many weekend golfers, his mere participation was a tremendous achievement.
GENNADY GEKHT, MD |
Children Are Not Small Adults
Nanopediatrics Emerges to Ensure Nanotechnology Encompasses Kids
Imagine a pump the size of a molecule delivering medicine directly in the body where it's needed. Or a miniscule tool programmed to seek out and destroy the first cancer cells of a tumor. That's the promise of nanomedicine, medical applications in the much broader field of nanotechnology. Yet, as such customized medical innovations are being researched, Edward R.B. McCabe III, MD, has one reminder: Kids are different.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Maximizing Reimbursements
In an environment of rising costs and diminishing returns, it's easy to hone in on contracted rates as the sole source of financial woes. Certainly, negotiating favorable reimbursements with payers is key to a healthy bottom line, but it's really only half the story.
CINDY SANDERS |
How to Determine Who Will Go the Distance: Provider V. Payor
It's fair to state that everyone should get paid for a provided service. We pay for food at the supermarket. We pay for gas at the gas station. Our taxes pay for law enforcement to serve and protect. Money is always coming out of our pocket to pay for a necessity or luxury that improves our quality of life. It is the sole purpose we all work, given it's a means to provide for ourselves and our loved ones. While there are many reasons we work where we work, it's safe to state that the number one reason we all do what we do is for money. If we did not get paid for the hours we worked or didn't pay for what things we wish to purchase, it would be criminal.
MINERVA DEJESUS and AURIANA REYES |
Patricia J. Blanco, MD
University Pediatrics, University Park, Manatee County
Patricia Juarez Blanco was only 19 years old when she accompanied her father, Oscar Juarez, MD, on a humanitarian relief trip to his native Guatemala, where a major earthquake struck in 1976. After their plane landed in Guatemala City, the father-daughter team was flown by helicopter to a desolate mountaintop that not even the Red Cross had reached yet.
JEFF WEBB |
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Low Vitamin D Linked to Heart Failure Deaths
Title: Low Vitamin D Linked to Heart Failure Deaths
Category: Health News
Created: 9/1/2010 11:11:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/1/2010 11:11:12 AM Posted Wednesday, September 1, 2010 2:00 am CDT
| | Selenium May Protect Against Bladder Cancer
Title: Selenium May Protect Against Bladder Cancer
Category: Health News
Created: 9/1/2010 11:01:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/1/2010 11:01:05 AM Posted Wednesday, September 1, 2010 2:00 am CDT
| | Gene Test, Preventive Surgery Save Women's Lives
Title: Gene Test, Preventive Surgery Save Women's Lives
Category: Health News
Created: 9/1/2010 10:55:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/1/2010 10:55:19 AM Posted Wednesday, September 1, 2010 2:00 am CDT
| | Timing of Delivery May Affect Cerebral Palsy Risk
Title: Timing of Delivery May Affect Cerebral Palsy Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 9/1/2010 10:36:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/1/2010 10:36:01 AM Posted Wednesday, September 1, 2010 2:00 am CDT
| | Casual Sex Can Lead to Long-Term Relationships: Study
Title: Casual Sex Can Lead to Long-Term Relationships: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 8/31/2010 10:10:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/1/2010 Posted Wednesday, September 1, 2010 2:00 am CDT
| | Health Tip: Spot Symptoms of Ringworm
Title: Health Tip: Spot Symptoms of Ringworm
Category: Health News
Created: 8/31/2010 10:10:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/1/2010 Posted Wednesday, September 1, 2010 2:00 am CDT
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