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Health Informatics News

ER relief bill on 'life support'

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By Christine Jordan Sexton 3/25/2010 © Florida Tribune A bill that would have provided sovereign immunity protections to health care providers who treat patients in emergency situations is “on life support,” with a poor prognosis, according to its supporters. Tampa General lobbyist Jan Gorrie said, "We didn't expect to run into this buzz-saw."

Bill protects ER against lawsuits

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By Jim Saunders 3/4/2010 © Health News Florida Reopening a political battle about medical malpractice, a Florida Senate committee today passed a bill that would limit the liability of hospitals, doctors and other workers for emergency-room errors. Will it go all the way this time? 

3-day pill limit sparks fight

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By Jim Saunders  3/2/2010 © Health News Florida Limiting clinics that dispense their own drugs to 3 days' worth would strike a blow at pill mills, but the proposal has alarmed some doctors who use dispensing as a lucrative sideline. See a related Sun-Sentinel story on middle-school lobbyists.

Pain-doctor limits set

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 By Carol Gentry 3/1/2010 © Health News Florida Doctors who haven’t passed certification exams in pain management will be able to keep working in pain clinics as long as they have hospital privileges and a qualified supervising physician, under a rule adopted by a state board this weekend.

Senate paging Dr. Welby

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By Jim Saunders 2/19/2010 © Health News Florida  As Florida lawmakers struggle to overhaul the Medicaid system, state Rep. Ed Homan describes the choice in stark terms: Expanding the controversial "reform" pilot or creating "medical homes," with primary-care doctors offering "Marcus Welby medicine." See also, "Living in a Medical Home."

Health rankings follow the money

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By David Gulliver 2/17/2010 © Health News Florida Florida’s richest counties tend to be healthiest, according to a nationwide study released this morning. A Health News Florida analysis found a strong statistical correlation between prevention -- lower smoking and obesity rates, access to doctors -- and good outcomes.

Could vaccine forms spook parents?

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By Jim Saunders 2/17/2010 © Health News Florida State Rep. Kevin Ambler says he wants to make sure parents have adequate information about vaccinations that children need to enroll in school. But doctors say it could scare parents away, leaving kids unprotected.

Over-billing: just FL culture?

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By Cynthia Washam 2/16/2010 © Health News Florida Brevard County’s largest medical group is close to settling a complaint that it overbilled Medicare $8 million by giving cancer patients more expensive treatments than they needed. Is this a case of fraud, as the Justice Department maintains, or an example of Florida's overheated style of medical treatment?

Patients decry C-section rate

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2/12/2010 © Health News Florida Advocates for women's health are hosting a seminar today and Saturday on the alarming rate of unnecessary Cesarean sections in Miami, where the surgery accounts for more than half of births. Meanwhile, the Orlando Sentinel reports on another patient-education effort: on the dangers of MRIs for pacemaker patients.

State agencies on trial today

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By Sammy Mack 2/9/2010 © Health News Florida A landmark lawsuit that seeks to rewrite Florida's Medicaid policy resumed today in Miami, with plaintiffs charging that state agencies' low pay for doctors and dentists and tendency to switch plans without notice often leave children with no access to care. A related story in Florida Today shows the struggle of dentists who take Medicaid. 
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