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Corporate Compliance
The conviction and sentencing of a chief executive officer (CEO) and chief compliance officer (CCO) of a medical device company in U.S. v. Caputo, et al (October 16, 2006, Northern District Court of Illinois) shows the individual and corporate consequences of an ineffective compliance program.
GABRIEL L. IMPERATO |
Dr. Willie Newman, A Profile in Courage
A desire to rise above his humble beginnings, coupled with the inspiration of several role models and a mother who believed that to be successful required an education, led Willie Newman, MD, JD, a native of Sanford, to become a respected practitioner of obstetrics and gynecology in Seminole County.
WENDY R. LEVINE GROSS |
Florida Hospital Named to List of America’s Best Hospitals
Of the 5,462 hospitals across the United States evaluated for the U.S. News & World Report ranking of America’s Best Hospitals for 2007, when it came down to the wire, only 173 hospitals in the country made the list, published in the July 23 issue.
KELLY PRICE |
Grand Rounds September
Florida Hospital Deland Helps Local Elementary Schools By Donating Supplies
DELAND – Area students are heading back to school and that means many are loading up on school supplies. To help with this effort, Florida Hospital DeLand has donated 150 backpacks to the first and second grade classes of Starke Elementary School in DeLand for the fifth consecutive year. Hospital employees gathered, sorted and stuffed enough backpacks with supplies so that every student in first and second grade would receive one. Additional school supplies were collected and donated to McInnis Elementary School in DeLeon Springs.
The supplies requested this year included: Pencils; Folders; Notebooks; and Backpacks
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Granny NANNIES Takes Florida By Storm
For years, parents and grandparents lovingly sacrifice blood, sweat and tears to care for their loved ones. Yet, as life comes full circle, they later find themselves the ones in need of care. It’s often a double bind, no-win situation. Families want the best care for their elderly loved ones...
GLORIA BUTLER BALDWIN |
Gynecologic Surgery Enters New Realm of Robotics
We have now entered the new realm of robotic gynecologic surgery. It’s been about 30 years since the laparoscope changed the practice of surgery, and with the introduction of the robot in gynecologic cases, we find ourselves breaking new ground once again. We can thank our urology colleagues for popularizing these new robots for prostate surgery.
SAMUEL E. BROWN, MD |
Mainstreaming Palliative Care
Peter Barton, in his book Not Fade Away; A Short Life Well Lived, which describes his own confrontation with mortality in the form of his incurable cancer, states “acceptance doesn’t mean the same thing as giving up.”
Palliative care is the acceptance that a disease such as diabetes, chronic lung disease or cancer is no longer curable and is definitely life limiting.
LUCY W. ERTENBERG, MD |
New Board Certification in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
In September 2006, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) announced the addition of a new subspecialty certification in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Physicians holding specialty or subspecialty certification by the following boards will be eligible for certification beginning in the fall of 2008:
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Performing Arts
Creative Therapies Make Gains in Palliative Care Settings
For patients whose prognosis requires palliative care, combating the symptoms of their disease–pain, stress, depression--can consume every waking hour. Understandably, learning to live with the knowledge that their core condition is not likely to improve can cause the most well-adjusted optimist to lose the lust for life.
J.L. WEBB - 1 opinion posted |
Physician Spotlight: Dr. Randy Schwartzberg
As a child in south Florida, Dr. Randy Schwartzberg was crazy about sports and loved to fix things.
He still does.
Now he primarily fixes knees and shoulders, many of which are hurt on the sports fields of Central Florida, where he stands out as a sports medicine physician and an enthusiastic fan.
KELLY PRICE |
Proper Use of 4 Percent
Withdrawal Rate Guideline
Four percent has become a popular guideline for sustainable annual withdrawals from investments. However, this guideline is frequently misunderstood and misapplied. Following is an explanation of the proper use of this guideline.
MICHAEL H. DAVIS |
Q & A With Dr. Adam J. Waldman
My patient has mitral valve prolapse with moderate regurgitation and had taken antibiotics prior to dental visits for years. She heard that there were new guidelines. What is the current recommendation?
In the past, antimicrobial prophylaxis was recommended for a variety of procedures in patients with certain cardiac conditions. This is despite the fact that no prospective, randomized trial has ever proven that such therapy is beneficial. The previous recommendations were based upon guidelines published by the American Heart Association (AHA) in 1997.
ADAM J. WALDMAN, MD |
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