Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News


Grant to help fund prenatal care

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2/2/2010 © Tallahassee Democrat
Expecting mothers in four North Florida counties will be able to receive prenatal care through a $75,000 grant awarded to Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare by Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida.

Uninsured Mexicans find care

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2/2/2010 © Orlando Sentinel
When Josefina de la Rosa was diagnosed with cancer in 2007, she could not afford treatment. In stepped nonprofit Casa de Mexico, which finds doctors to help.

Public option finds favor even in FL

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10/29/2009 © Miami Herald
From the house staff at Jackson Memorial to the president-elect of the AMA, Florida doctors and nurses in quite different venues expressed support Wednesday for health-reform legislation that includes a public option, although there's disagreement on some details.

Public option on roll, but not here

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By Gary Fineout
10/27/2009 © Health News Florida 
As the public option gained momentum in Washington, Florida officials uniformly condemned it today. Gov. Charlie Crist said that his Cover Florida plan is "a better way to go" because it doesn't need tax support. Few have signed up.

FL Medicare patients 'overserved'

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10/6/2009 ©  Fort Myers News-Press
Every area of Florida except Daytona Beach and Tallahassee showed above-average billing for doctors' services in Medicare last year, according to a GAO report. The state was already a national outlier by 2000, yet recorded a big jump in billings per patient by 2008.

Doctor accused of fondling gives up license

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By Carol Gentry
10/2/2009 © Health News Florida
A Bradenton woman who agreed to wear a wire into the office of the doctor she said sexually accosted her -- Bradenton internist Gangadhara Rao Chapalamadugu -- told the Board of Medicine today that Rao should go to jail, and board members agreed after seeing complaints from six other patients. But their jurisdiction involves only medical practice; they accepted voluntary relinquishment  to keep him from ever practicing medicine in Florida again.

State clears doctors, parents protest

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By Carol Gentry
9/25/2009 © Health News Florida
Two doctors who are being sued over the high-profile death of Boca Raton teen-ager Stephanie Kuleba will not have to worry about the Board of Medicine. Confidential state documents show the state dropped its investigation months ago, and that the girl's parents were turned away when they tried to offer evidence.

Lawyer wants all records? All?

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By Mary Jo Melone
9/24/2009 Health News Florida
Florida patients have a right to ask for hospital records about past mistakes. But do they have the right to every report, every x-ray, every single piece of paper for the last 75 years?  Tampa’s largest hospital says no and has gone to court to fight it.

Today's call for action began in FL

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By Ruth Morris
9/17/2009 © Health News Florida
In Washington, D.C. today, 400 of the country’s most prominent healthcare experts unveiled a letter to Congress demanding action on the uninsured and rising costs. And it was all the brainchild of a professor who lives on quiet Anna Maria Island. 
 

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