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| USF offers free e-coaching for doctors Posted:
A lot of doctors say they can't afford to adopt electronic prescribing. Others need technical help. Today, USF's top doctor Stephen Klasko and Allscripts Inc. announced an end to both barriers with free software and 1-on-1 in-training in doctors' offices in up to 10 counties. | ||
| Hospital district paid for 2 posh retreats Posted: 3/15/2009 © South Florida Sun-Sentinel Even as the Broward County hospital district grappled with state budget cuts and uninsured patients, it paid almost $60,000 on two retreats at a local four-star resort in violation of its own policy. | ||
| Drug database could pass this year Posted: 3/16/2009 © Sarasota Herald-Tribune Each year, the proposal for a database to monitor prescribing of controlled drugs stalls in the Legislature. But doctors' views about it are changing; could this year be different? (See also Florida Health News' article on the continuing problem.) | ||
| VP of clinic accused of dispensing drugs Posted: 3/14/2009 © Orlando Sentinel The vice president of a drug-rehabilitation clinic in Lake Mary faces charges of dispensing drugs and practicing as a healthcare professional without a license, officials said this week. | ||
| Couple flooded with medical faxes Posted: 3/11/2009 © WTSP-Ch. 10 For two years, a Tampa couple say, they've been trying to stop the flood of faxes from pharmacies and clinics intended for a doctor who once had their phone number. They contain patients' medical information and Social Security numbers. | ||
| Coalition: Protect drug access Posted: 3/10/2009 © Florida Health News USF psychiatrist Michael Bengtson advises the Florida Medicaid program on which drugs need to be readily available. But even he can't always get the drugs his patients need, he says, because the process is "murky." Consumer groups agree; they've formed a coalition to keep drugs available at a time of budget cuts. | ||
| Reform could cost hospitals $4B Posted: 2/27/2009 © Florida Health News A former state health official says if Florida’s Medicaid Reform plan is expanded statewide it will cost hospitals nearly $4 billion a year in uninsured emergency-room visits and make it difficult for patients to get immediate treatment. | ||
| Crist wants to merge health agencies Posted: By Christine Jordan Sexton 2/25/2009 © Florida Health News Gov. Charlie Crist is reportedly preparing to recommend a merger of the two largest state health agencies into one, a proposal that would affect thousands of state employees. He also wants to keep Medicaid “Reform” unchanged and increase the fees doctors and HMOs get for treating the poor. | ||
| Local docs now part of drug trials Posted: 2/22/2009 © Palm Beach Post Twenty years ago most drug trials were done in academic medical centers. Today, doctors in the community are getting paid to do the trials, giving patients access to the newest medications. | ||
| Fairness to doctors or 'gag order' on patients? Posted: 2/13/2009 © Florida Health News Some Florida doctors now require patients to sign an agreement promising not to post Internet comments about them without permission. Some say it's "an attempt to steal the consumer's right to free speech," but doctors say it's a matter of fairness. |
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