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- New KLAS Report: Rapid Growth for Infection Control Report Software
- Fixing the 'revolving door'
- Hospital system sues foundation
- Doctor with 6 DUIs returns
- Latest scam is oxygen concentrators
- Where are Floridians in D.C. action?
- Docs on drinking: OK, but just a glass
- Bartering for health care on the rise
- Doctors debate health overhaul
- 3 women doctors suing VA hospital
- Hospital tracks down 'frequent fliers'
- Crist signs controversial PPO bill
- Model: Green Bay, the anti-Miami
- UM tests online link for diabetics
- State capital's trauma center official
- Shands forms unusual partnership
- ''Natural'' cures on rise, can kill
- Hospitals cut back to stay afloat
- Decoding cancer gene to help patients today
- Board cracks down on pain doctors
- Man shot in head comes out of coma
- Joint replacement? Consider this
- Hospital asks new moms to donate cord
- Cancer discoveries unveiled in FL
- CEO turns down bonus
- Reform could trim HMO extras
- Quadruple amputee gets new trial
- Doctor agrees not to see patients
- Reporting law ignored, group says
- Doctors' foes unveil poll
- 13 more women accuse doctor
- 2-lb. tumor taken from baby's face
- Pro-doctors' bill draws legal question
- Mayo: Trio of drugs slows breast cancer
- Mental: Fox's new show 'revolting'
- Ban-OxyContin petition launched
- Veto fight heats up on doctors' pay
| New KLAS Report: Rapid Growth for Infection Control Report Software Posted: 23 Jun 2009 06:36 AM PDT According to a new report from Orem, Utah-based KLAS , new financial and regulatory changes have opened the door for rapid growth in the emerging market of infection control software. The KLAS report, Infection Control: Improving Patient Care and Reimbursements, highlights the recent growth and leading vendors in the market for infection control software, which analyzes data from various hospital departments to identify potential infections. While KLAS estimates that these systems enjoy only 10 to 15 percent market penetration today, many vendors are experiencing rapid sales growth, it says. To learn more about the infection control software market, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of participating vendors, healthcare providers and vendors can visit www.KLASresearch.com . | ||
| Posted: 6/23/2009 © Health News Florida A decade ago, Sarasota Memorial created a program that cut readmission rates for congestive heart failure patients to a tiny fraction of what they had been, and saved money in the process. Other hospitals could do it, too. But data show most of them haven't. (Last in a series.) | ||
| Hospital system sues foundation Posted: 6/20/2009 © Naples Daily News NCH Healthcare System, which traditionally holds seats on the board of a benefactor, the Telford Foundation, is suing to get its president and CEO on the board. | ||
| Posted: 6/19/2009 © Health News Florida Hal Ridgway, 58, a Palm Beach County dermatologist who racked up six drunken-driving arrests and served two prison terms has persuaded state health authorities that he can stay sober and safely treat patients again. His attorney calls him the "poster boy for rehabilitation." | ||
| Latest scam is oxygen concentrators Posted: 6/19/2009 © Miami Herald State investigators announced Thursday a sweep of 12 medical supply companies suspected of billing Medicaid for oxygen concentrators that weren't needed. They also visited 120 patients, they said, and are looking at whether some received kickbacks from the suppliers. | ||
| Where are Floridians in D.C. action? Posted:
A Senate committee began the long slog on health reform Wednesday, but no Floridians are on that panel. Where are they? On TV. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite touted the GOP plan, which was announced without details, on Youtube. Meanwhile, CNN interviewed Democrat Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, who has had seven surgeries for cancer, about her insurance coverage. | ||
| Docs on drinking: OK, but just a glass Posted: 6/18/2009 © St. Petersburg Times Is moderate alcohol intake healthy? Nagi Kumar, director of nutrition research at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, tells patients to enjoy a glass of wine a day, the redder the better. | ||
| Bartering for health care on the rise Posted: 6/17/2009 © Kaiser Health News Bartering for health services has provided a temporary safety net for the uninsured and underinsured. David Mroz, an independent broker based in Broward County and listed on a directory at Itex Corp., said he has many Florida doctors, dentists and chiropractors on the list. Those who barter for services worth at least $600 a year have to pay tax. | ||
| Doctors debate health overhaul Posted: 6/16/2009 © Fort Myers News-Press Lee County physicians applaud President Obama's push for an overhaul of health care, but want protection from malpractice suits to help them rein in excessive tests and treatments. On the other coast, as Florida Today reports, doctors debate the idea of a public plan. | ||
| 3 women doctors suing VA hospital Posted: 6/15/2009 St. Petersburg Times Four Bay Pines VA Medical Center employees, including three doctors, accuse executives of retaliating against them for filing gender-discrimination claims. The federal-court trial is scheduled to open today. | ||
| Hospital tracks down 'frequent fliers' Posted: 6/12/2009 © Health News Florida A hospital system in Broward got tired of seeing the same expensive patients cycling through its emergency room instead of getting preventive care in a lower-cost clinic. So the staff set out to find those patients -- even if meant going door to door. | ||
| Crist signs controversial PPO bill Posted: Gov. Charlie Crist sided with doctors and signed a hotly debated health insurance bill (SB 1122) that had been opposed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield and some consumer advocates. He said it will improve access to care as well as payment for doctors. He also signed into law a kidney transplant bill. | ||
| Model: Green Bay, the anti-Miami Posted: 6/11/2009 © Washington Post Today, President Obama visits Green Bay, Wis., one of the highest-value health communities in the nation. There, Medicare patients' health is at least as good as in Miami but costs dramatically less. | ||
| UM tests online link for diabetics Posted: 6/11/2009 © Miami Herald If low-income diabetics frequently communicate with nurses online, will they stay healthier? Microsoft and the University of Miami are testing the theory on 25 patients from Overtown. | ||
| State capital's trauma center official Posted: 6/11/2009 © Tallahassee Democrat Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare will be designated as a Level II trauma center on July 1. Before the facility gained provisional trauma status last year, Tallahassee was the only urban area in Florida not served by a trauma center. | ||
| Shands forms unusual partnership Posted: Shands HealthCare and Solantic are partnering to open a Gainesville medical clinic. That puts the University of Florida's teaching hospital system in business with Rick Scott, who has become the most visible opponent of national health reform (see Health News Florida's article on Scott). | ||
| ''Natural'' cures on rise, can kill Posted: 6/8/2009 © AP/Bradenton Herald Unproven alternative treatments are making a comeback, offering patients with deadly diseases hope with outlandish claims of cures. Instead, they rob the patient of money and precious time. | ||
| Hospitals cut back to stay afloat Posted: 6/6/2009 © Miami Herald Hospitals, once considered recession-proof, are now suffering economically, say speakers at the annual South Florida Healthcare Summit. But some for-profit hospitals are doing surprisingly well. | ||
| Decoding cancer gene to help patients today Posted: 6/7/2009 © St. Petersburg Times The H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute in Tampa is using its bank of cancer samples to decode the unique genetic makeup of cancer genes. Researchers hope to use their findings to target the right treatments for patients. | ||
| Board cracks down on pain doctors Posted: 6/5/2009 © South Florida Sun-Sentinel The Florida Board of Medicine leveled stricter-than-usual penalties today against doctors found to have doled out narcotic painkillers excessively or improperly. A bill that would give the board more authority over rogue pain clinics awaits action from the governor. | ||
| Man shot in head comes out of coma Posted: 6/4/2009 © Northwest Florida Daily News Rion Tilton, 22, who has been unconscious for more than a week after being shot in the head, surprised his doctors by coming out of his coma. | ||
| Joint replacement? Consider this Posted: 6/4/2009 Health News Florida Patients at some Florida hospitals were much more likely to have an unexpected return following knee- or hip-replacement surgery last year than those who had the procedure at other hospitals, new state data show. These potentially preventable readmissions cost Floridians a bundle. Special report: Florida hospitals' "revolving door syndrome, " Part 2. | ||
| Hospital asks new moms to donate cord Posted: 6/02/2009 © Miami Herald Women who give birth at South Miami Hospital are offered the option of saving the umbilical cord so its stem cells can be used to treat cancer patients. The hospital is part of an expanding network of such centers. | ||
| Cancer discoveries unveiled in FL Posted: 5/31/2009 Healthfinder.gov The benefits of Tamoxifen, which 500,000 U.S. women take to prevent recurrence of breast cancer, are virtually wiped out if patients also take common anti-depressants, cancer specialists meeting in Orlando learned on Saturday. But on Sunday, they heard good news about cancer vaccines. | ||
| Posted: Joseph Boshart, CEO of Boca Raton health-staffing firm Cross Country Healthcare, turned down a bonus of nearly $200,000, saying it wouldn't be appropriate at a time of layoffs and losses. | ||
| Posted: 5/31/2009 © Sun-Sentinel Medicare beneficiaries in South Florida are accused to HMOs offering them freebies like dental and eyeglasses because of the sky-high federal payments the plans receive, double the national average. But that extra cash may soon disappear, and the free dental may go with it. Also, here's a summary of what's happening in health reform in Washington. | ||
| Quadruple amputee gets new trial Posted: 5/29/2009 © AP/Sun-Sentinel In a rare ruling, Broward Circuit Judge Charles M. Greene has ordered a new malpractice trial for Lisa Strong, who lost all four limbs to an infection. He threw out the jury's verdict for the defendant doctors, saying it was "contrary to the law and the manifest weight of the evidence." | ||
| Doctor agrees not to see patients Posted: 5/29/2009 © Bradenton Herald Internist C.G. Rao, arrested on charges of sexually molesting five patients and accused of other incidents that now are beyond the statute of limitations, has agreed not to see patients while his legal cases are pending. Bail was set at $20,000. | ||
| Reporting law ignored, group says Posted: 5/28/2009 © Health News Florida Nearly half of the state's hospitals have never reported a single incident of physician discipline to a databank set up to protect patients from questionable doctors, a consumer group reported Wednesday. Earlier this year, the same group cited Florida's Board of Medicine as particularly weak. | ||
| Posted: By Christine Jordan Sexton 5/28/2009 Health News Florida Opponents of a bill backed by Florida’s doctors released a poll today that contends Floridians are on their side of the fight. But the Florida Medical Association dismissed the results, saying the poll questions were "skewed to get the answers they wanted." | ||
| Posted: Bradenton police rearrested internist Gangadhararao Chapalamadugu, known to his patients as C.G. Rao, on Wednesday on charges of sexually molesting four women patients. Detectives say more than 13 patients called after news of Rao's arrest last week, but some alleged events were older than the three-year limit for prosecution. | ||
| 2-lb. tumor taken from baby's face Posted: 5/28/2009 © Sun-Sentinel Two-month-old Jordan Smith was born with a two-pound tumor protruding from his mouth, blocking his airway. But doctors at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center rescued him and later removed the tumor. | ||
| Pro-doctors' bill draws legal question Posted:
5/27/2009 © Health News Florida The heat keeps rising over a bill pushed by doctors that would force insurers to change the way they pay. An attorney says it may be unconstitutional, and state Insurance Consumer Advocate Sean Shaw urges the governor to veto. But the docs plan TV ads. | ||
| Mayo: Trio of drugs slows breast cancer Posted: 5/23/2009 © Florida Times-Union Mayo Clinic researchers have found promising evidence that the combination of three drugs already on the market can shrink tumors substantially in patients with an aggressive form of breast cancer. In Pompe disease, Gainesville Sun reports, UF researchers make a discovery. | ||
| Mental: Fox's new show 'revolting' Posted: Chris Vance stars in Mental, tonight's new drama on Fox about doctors at a psychiatric hospital. A Herald critic calls it "revolting," and suggests instead the documentary New World Order, which gives conspiracy theorists the opportunity to talk about their beliefs. | ||
| Ban-OxyContin petition launched Posted: 5/22/2009 © Health News Florida An online petition to ban the painkiller OxyContin, posted two weeks ago in Tampa, has attracted more than 2,000 signatures and is headed for a national audience at an FDA meeting next week. Doctors who treat pain patients view the petition as "very dangerous." | ||
| Veto fight heats up on doctors' pay Posted: and Carol Gentry 5/14/2009 © Health News Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's mailbag is full of letters and e-mails about an insurance bill that hasn't even arrived at his office yet. Consumer groups seek a veto, while doctors' groups implore Crist to sign it. The finger-pointing has become downright personal for at least one consumer advocate. |
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