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Insurers Push Back Against Medical Loss Requirements
Attempting to Redefine Quality Improvement, Insurers Hope to Loosen New Spending Rules
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said he would ask the federal government for a waiver or a reasonable definition of medical expenses before it imposes a minimum medical loss ratio requirement on health insurers beginning next year.
DAVID ROSENFELD |
A St. Joseph’s Blessing: Shimberg Family Plays Lead Role in $75 Million Expansion Project
Just as schoolchildren began preparing for summer break, healthcare leaders at St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital in Tampa broke ground on a 125,000-square-foot, five-story expansion project to house a new 64-bed neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the Hinks and Elaine Shimberg Breast Center, and to improve women’s care services via private patient suites and other amenities to better serve new parents and their babies in the Tampa Bay area.
LYNNE JETER |
Trauma Alert!
SARASOTA—Sarasota Memorial Hospital and its primary trauma partner, Bayfront Medical Center, took a stand last month to caution the public about a troubling trend impacting trauma care: distracted driving.
LYNNE JETER |
HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP: Dianne Morrison-Beedy, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dianne Morrison-Beedy, PhD, RN, FAAN, the new Dean of the University of South Florida College of Nursing, wants to support and encourage nursing faculty to develop research opportunities and initiatives, and be recognized for their contributions as nursing leaders.
SERENAH McKAY |
Bill Would Have Capped Inmate Hospital Charges
Hillsborough County Might Have Benefited from Hard to Crack Negotiations
Just as the expense of healthcare services are crippling the rest of the American economy, so too have counties felt the pinch – arguably more so – when paying the hospital bills for jail inmates.
DAVID ROSENFELD |
Healthcare Reform Boosts Primary Care
Reimbursement Incentives Offered to Ease the Strain
Well, it’s done, and depending on your perspective, the historic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that sets about reforming America’s health system could be a boon or it could be a bust. For most stakeholders, reality is somewhere in the middle.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
New Technology Aids Astigmatism Correction
Cutting-edge Device Optimizes Cataract Surgery Results
New technology is helping surgeons give better vision to their cataract patients, even those with a high degree of astigmatism.
Robert J. Weinstock, MD, at the Eye Institute of West Florida was one of the first five surgeons in the world to use the ORange, a device that measures the refraction of the eye during surgery.
SERENAH McKAY |
Pressure Mounts to Reduce Infections
Creator of Program to End BSIs Says Providers Should be Doing More
More than 30,000 Americans die each year from completely preventable blood stream infections acquired at hospitals. In Florida, 22 intensive care units have reduced the incidents of those infections to zero, according to the Florida Hospital Association.
DAVID ROSENFELD |
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Fostering an Epidemic of Skin Cancer
Dermatologists Take Aim at Indoor Tanning
On an average day in America, more than 1 million people visit an indoor tanning salon. That’s why dermatologists nationwide have declared war on the practice, which research overwhelmingly has shown causes cancer.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
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Playing Well With Others
Building Strong Relationships in an Evolving Environment
In theory, hospital administrators, physicians and nurses are all on the same team with the same ultimate goal — delivering the highest quality of patient care possible. In practice, those relationships are easily strained as fiscal realities, misaligned objectives and strong personalities are factored into the equation.
CINDY SANDERS |
Trusted Advisors: Electronic Medical Records – Pain or Pleasure?
Let's explore the variables associated with the integration of the electronic medical record (EMR) and the possible solutions in attempt to avoiding some of the common pitfalls when considering going "paperless".
Will office productivity be adversely affected when transitioning to the use of computers instead of paper charts?
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William Tingle, MD
When a twelve year old boy looked up at William Tingle, MD, with a mixture of envy and admiration, it was not because Tingle was an award winning urologist and surgeon from Sarasota Florida, nor was it because he had won the coveted "Wise Owl Award." It was because he was impressed with his paint ball gun.
LISA BRISTOW |
PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: William Tingle, MD
When a twelve year old boy looked up at William Tingle, MD, with a mixture of envy and admiration, it was not because Tingle was an award winning urologist and surgeon from Sarasota Florida, nor was it because he had won the coveted "Wise Owl Award." It was because he was impressed with his paint ball gun.
LISA BRISTOW |
USF Makes Top 30 in NIH Ranking
Nursing Faculty Draws More than $1.53 Million in NIH Research Funding
USF nursing faculty members doing research in areas such as palliative and end-of-life care, stress reduction in breast cancer survivors, and postpartum stress and immunity brought in more than $1.53 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health in 2009. This boosted the College of Nursing’s ranking to 30th among nursing schools receiving NIH funds for the federal fiscal year, up from 66th place in 2008.
SERENAH McKAY |
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