Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News

Shands ordered to release records

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7/21/2010 © Florida Tribune An appeals court, citing the Patients' Right to Know amendment, ordered Shands to release peer review and internal risk documents to a couple suing for medical malpractice. In other news, Shands announced that it will no longer admit uninsured patients beyond its service area because of its state pay cut.

Chance of seeing Medicaid $ dims

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By Jim Saunders 6/25/2010 © Health News Florida Florida's chances of receiving up to $1 billion in additional Medicaid money appeared to be in deep trouble Thursday; in other action, the Medicare doctors' pay cut was put off for six months.

Drs: Protect oil spill workers

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6/25/2010 © McClatchy Newspapers Doctors who tracked 9/11 rescue workers' illnesses urged that oil spill workers be protected from toxic exposure; at least 74 have fallen ill. And in the wake of a suicide by a fishing-boat captain, mental-health experts predict more trouble.

Sick babies' families cling to hope

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6/25/2010 © Miami Herald Ryan Cooper Bonsett, 15 months, can't move most of his muscles and probably will die by age 2, doctors say. But then, Joseph Parthemore was expected to live only three days, and he's made it to 6 months.

Health dept. stymied by mystery illness

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6/24/2010 © Palm Beach Post Loxahatchee mom Amber Dycus endured six days of intensive care, multiple blood transfusions, 196 bags of plasma and was in acute kidney failure. Doctors suspected food poisoning, but was it?

GOP filibuster blocks Medicaid funds

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6/18/2010 © New York Times The failed measure would have provided a reprieve for doctors about to get hit with a big cut in their Medicare payments, as well as further jobless aid for the long-term unemployed and $24 billion in aid to cash-strapped state governments.

Shands takes surprise hit

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 By Jim Saunders 5/28/2010 © Health News Florida Gov. Charlie Crist vetoed $371 million from the new state budget today, largely sparing health- and human-services programs. But he immediately raised questions by vetoing millions of dollars for the Shands Healthcare System --- and by trying to prevent rate cuts for nursing homes.

Crist bombarded with abortion pleas

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By Jim Saunders  5/6/2010 © Health News Florida From the Christian Coalition to the ACLU, groups who oppose or support the bill to require an ultrasound before abortion are waging an e-mail campaign. Meanwhile, doctors protest the intrusion.

Managed-care difference 'dramatic'

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By Carol Gentry 4/16/2010 © Health News Florida Medicaid patients in traditional fee-for-service care get some services at two to three times the frequency of those who are in managed care, a preliminary state report suggests. What it doesn't say: Is that good or bad?

Medicaid overhaul gets nips, tucks

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 By Jim Saunders 4/16/2010 © Health News Florida Trying to win votes in the House and prepare for negotiations with the Senate, architects of a Medicaid overhaul agreed to changes Thursday that could help defuse concerns of doctors and hospitals.

Limits on pain pills defeated

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By Jim Saunders 4/14/2010 © Health News Florida  The House and Senate have dropped proposals that would have limited doctors to dispensing 72 hours' worth of controlled drugs from their offices. It had been seen as a way to fight pill mills, but Florida Medical Association opposed it.

Outbreak nurse still has license

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By Marty Clear 4/13/2010 Health News Florida The nurse who apparently infected seven patients in the Tampa Bay area with hepatitis C still has her Florida nursing license, and therefore may still be practicing. But where? There's no way of knowing because state health officials will not identify her.  

Hospitals slam House plan

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By Jim Saunders 4/7/2010 © Health News FloridaShould hospice patients be moved into HMOs? How about those who have an IQ of 50? No, say advocacy groups, adding their protests to those of hospitals and doctors who say a House Medicaid overhaul bill would force them into unwanted contracts with managed-care plans.

Senate overhauls Medicaid

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By Jim Saunders  4/1/2010 © Health News Florida Senate Republicans tossed a bomb into the debate about overhauling Medicaid on Wednesday, approving program caps, vouchers and a 19-county expansion.  In the House, a committee took action that irked insurers and pleased doctors.
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